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Operating Room Nurse Managers—Competence and Beyond
Author(s) -
Kondrat Brian K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61838-3
Subject(s) - competence (human resources) , nursing , nurse manager , sample (material) , psychology , medicine , social psychology , chemistry , chromatography
Operating room nurse managers supervise and direct a complex, highly technical, and expensive organization. To be successful, they must possess certain competencies or skills that have not been studied extensively. A replication of one study was conducted to determine which competencies characterize OR nurse managers who are considered competent and superior. The randomly selected, national sample comprised OR nurse managers who completed an Operating Room Nurse Manager Questionnaire. Analysis of 120 use‐able questionnaires revealed that human and leadership competencies were valued most and conceptual and technical competencies were valued least in OR nurse managers. AORN J 73 (June 2001) 1116–1130.