Effect of Authentic Leadership and Mindfulness Educational program on nursing managers' competencies: A Quasi-experimental Study

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Abstract Background Nurse managers engage in activities across the entire clinical practice, because they are positioned between the front line and the system level. authentic leadership program teaches nurse managers how to present themselves in the world with dignity, humility, honesty, and integrity, as well as mindfulness-based interventions help them to improve interpersonal relationships with patients and colleagues, to take better care of themselves and others. Aim The present study aims to; explore the effect of authentic leadership and mindfulness educational program on nursing managers' competencies in hospital. Methods A quasi-experimental design was used to conducted the study at Shirbeen general hospital, Egypt. The study subjects consist of a purposive sample of 70 nurse managers and 226 nurse. Three tools used for data collection consisted of; Authentic leadership questionnaire, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire and the management competencies of Nurse Managers. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20, Qualitative categorical variables were compared using the chi-square test. A significant level value was considered when the p-value ≤ 0.05, and Cohen's d was used to measure the effect size Results The current study revealed that there were significant differences between nurse managers knowledge, authentic leadership, mindfulness, and their competencies (P = 0.001) pre, post, and after 3 months of the program. And there was statistically significant relation between the studied nurse managers’ mindfulness levels and their authentic leadership immediately post & after 3months post program compare to pre-educational program implementation (P < 0.001). Conclusion The educational program about authentic leadership and mindfulness had positive effect on nurse managers’ competencies. Trial Registration Number (TRN) The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University (code number: NUR 13/3/2022) (11).