Assessment of nursing managerial skills in primary health care.

Introduction: Nursing managers are professional nursing leaders with 24-hour management responsibilities in a nursing unit or department. Measuring managerial competencies is important for continuously improving healthcare, identifying and implementing best management practices. Purpose: The primary purpose of this paper was to assess managerial skills from the perspective of managers and nurses in Primary Care. Material and methods: The research was attended by 68 nursing managers and nursing staff who were selected by a random sample in the main center of family medical care and family medicine care. Research data were collected with the 360-degree Competency Assessment Instrument. All ethical rights for the participating entities have been respected. The analysis of the collected data was done with SPSS - 24. Results: The mean age of the participating nurses was 50 ± 9.3 years. According to the position at work, there were 17 (25%) nursing managers and 51 (75%) nurses. There is a statistically significant difference between nursing managers and nursing staff (p <.000), whereas according to the use of the managerial model there is no statistically significant difference (p <.211). The correlation result shows that with the increase of managerial experience, managerial skills also increased (r = .362). Conclusions: Significant differences were found in the assessment of managerial skills by job position and a positive correlation between work experience and managerial skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]