Yönetim Dersi Alan Öğrencilerin Yönetici Hemşirelerin Yönetsel Yetkinliklerine Bakış Açılarının Q Metodolojisi ile İncelenmesi
Investigation of the perspectives of students taking management course on managerial competencies of managerial nurses with Q methodology

Summary/Abstract: One of the sectors where the art of management is performed is the health care sector. It is quite difficult for health care managers to transfer the knowledge and practices of business management to their own fields. Along with this difficulty, patient satisfaction, service quality expectation and differences in the perceptions of service recipients are related to the competences of health care managers. The supporter of quality in service is the managerial competences of health care managers. Therefore, determining managerial competences in health care services will contribute to the success of the health care system. In the future, it is very important for students who can evaluate the managerial competencies they observe in the field within the framework of the academic knowledge they have learnt at the university and who can think analytically to evaluate the managerial competencies they observe in the field of management in order to train manager nurses who are competent in the field of management and who will contribute to the success of the care system. This study aims to investigate the perspectives of students taking management courses on the managerial competencies of nurse managers. Although there are many studies examining managerial competencies in the literature, this study is different from the others in that it reveals the competencies from the perspectives of university students who are the future manager candidates. Considering that today's students will be in the positions of receiving, giving, choosing and selecting administrators in the future, the competencies determined from their perspective will be decisive for the management of the health care system in the future. Q methodology was used in this study in order to reveal the awareness, attitudes and beliefs of future managers about their managerial competences. Q methodology is a method that covers quantitative and qualitative research processes and is frequently used in many fields, especially in social sciences. The data collection tool is the Managerial Competencies List (Q set) and Semi-Structured Interview Form, which were created by the researcher through literature review and expert opinions. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews from 17 nurse manager candidates taking management courses and analysed using KEN Q 2.0.1 Analysis. The qualitative data obtained as a result of semi-structured interviews were supported by the quantitative data obtained as a result of factor analysis. Eight factors were obtained as a result of the study. University students stated that managers should be people who have the ability to direct, entrepreneurial, respond to business demands, manage care well, master basic management skills, have strong thinking skills, support staff and manage financial resources well. The determination of prioritised competencies may be instructive in shaping the future health care system managerial staff.

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