Nurses’ Perspectives on Nursing Management Performance in the COVID-۱۹ Pandemic in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study

Background: One of the necessary features to confront the COVID-۱۹ pandemic is performance and resilience which causes nursing managers to have a wider perspective based on preventing preparation and reaction to the disaster. This study aims to evaluate the nursing perspectives on nursing management during the COVID-۱۹ Pandemic. Materials and Methods: One hundred eighty-nine Iranian nurses working in a Corona Center hospital took part in this cross-sectional study. This hospital is the main center for curing COVID-۱۹ patients in Guilan province, Iran. The data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of demographic features and disaster-managing surveys based on seven engineering approaches in hospitals by enumeration sampling from June to October ۲۰۲۱. Results: Findings showed the Mean±SD score of the nursing managers’ functions was ۱۴۱.۷۷±۲۶.۱۲ based on resilience approaches during the COVID-۱۹ pandemic, and ۷۳.۲% of the participants believed that the managers’ performance during the pandemic was at a medium level. The Mean±SD scores of resilience principles in the nursing managers’ performance with detachment consisted of the commitment of the senior management at ۲۹.۳۴±۵.۹۰, the culture of fallibility at ۱۸.۳۴±۳.۸۴, the culture of learning at ۱۱.۸۱±۲.۷۷, awareness ۶.۶۲±۱.۶۱, preparation ۹.۵۶±۴.۰۳, flexibility ۴۸.۴۲±۱۰.۳۱, and transparency ۱۷.۳۵±۴.۰۳. There was a great statistical difference between the nursing managers’ performance and the employment type. Conclusion: The nursing managers’ performance level was at a medium level based on the resilience principles during the COVID-۱۹ pandemic. The desirable performance of the nursing managers caused a reduction in burnout, increased job satisfaction, and ultimately reduced the nurses’ taking leaves. Therefore, designing and performing effective interventions to improve the nursing managers’ performance in a disaster is necessary. The trauma caused by COVID-۱۹ has increased the nursing managers’ responsibility to create safe environments and perform the nurses’ protection policy. These activities and strategies can be performed at different levels. Coresponding author: Negar Pourvakhshoori, E-mail: nvakhshoori@gmail.com You can also search for this author in:  PubMed, Google Scholar