Nursing Coaching Leadership, Self-Monitoring and Intention to Report Errors: The Mediating Role of Ethical Awareness

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

2 Assist professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

Abstract

Background: In health care settings, There is a necessity for coaching nurses by their leaders to provide quality nursing care and thus enhance patient safety through reporting the errors promptly which require from nurses to have ethical awareness and monitoring themselves in different situations Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to assess the relation between nursing coaching leadership, self-monitoring, intention to report errors, and exploring whether ethical awareness serves as a potential mediating factor in this relation. Subjects and methods: A simple random sample of 230 nurses working in Al- Ahrar teaching Hospital, Zagazig, Egypt. This study used a descriptive correlational design, four tools were used to collect the data; Nursing coaching leadership scale, self-monitoring scale, nurses’ reporting errors scale and ethical awareness scale. Results:  revealed that the majority of studied nurses had a high perception level of nursing coaching leadership, and intention of errors reporting (81.0%, &77.0% respectively), while more than two thirds of studied nurses had a moderate level of ethical awareness, and self- monitoring (72.0%, & 68.5% respectively).  Conclusion: This study confirmed the positive correlation between nursing coaching leadership, self-monitoring, intention to report errors, and ethical awareness. Furthermore, Ethical awareness had a partial mediating role in the relationship between nursing coaching leadership, self-monitoring, and intention to report errors. Recommendations: Nursing managers should consider organizing in-service training or continuing education activities to improve nurses’ ethical awareness, self-monitoring, and reporting errors, thereby optimizing patient care.

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