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Traits of Filipino Nurse Leaders of Internationally Accredited Hospitals in the Philippines

Maria Martina Geraldine Q Dimalibot

 

Abstract:

This paper highlighted the traits of the chief nurses of hospitals in the Philippines with international accreditation. Specifically, this study answered the following questions: (1) What are the helpful and detrimental traits of the chief nurses in the JCI accreditation process; (2) Based on the results of the Q Methodology what is the final composition of the Q-set?; and (3) What is the reliability of the final composition of the Q-set? The data were gathered from nurse managers who have worked with chief nurses during the accreditation process. This was conducted in the four hospitals in the Philippines which were accredited by the Joint Commission International. In this particular study, the researcher used the descriptive qualitative-quantitative design that made use of group interviews of selected nurse managers and the Q sort technique. The findings revealed that there were ten helpful nurse leader traits and four detrimental traits that were identified by the nurse managers. There were ten statements reflecting traits of nurse leaders in JCI-accredited hospitals. Desirable traits and qualities from the statements that were sorted revealed passive to active involvement of nurse leaders in the accreditation process. The reliability coefficient of the final composition of the Q-set was noted as high as 0.6639. The model derived from this study, dubbed as the ―Traits if Filipino Leaders of Internationally Accredited Hospitals‖ represents gradient measurement of nurse leaders’ influence in the process of accreditation. The active influential traits like Role Model, Lives the Vision, Accessible and Non-traditional/Innovative nurse leader may represent may represent the abilities and competencies relevant in accreditation.