Job Analysis of Head Nurse Role at Benha and Menoufia University Hospitals

Background: Job analysis of head nurses, role is vital to critically review the existing nursingpractices within the unit and maintain continuity of all operation in changing work environment.The study aimed to identify job analysis of head nurse role at Benha and Menoufia UniversityHospitals. Comparative design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The current study wasconducted in all inpatient units at Benha and Menoufia University Hospitals. Subjects: Included allhead nurses, working at the above mentioned study setting and disturbed as 58 head nurses at BenhaUniversity Hospital, and 52 head nurses at Menoufia University Hospital. Tools for datacollection: Head nurses job analysis questionnaire. Results: Showed that the majority of the studiedhead nurses, at Menoufia and Benha University Hospital reported a high committed level (86.6% &84.5%) regarding their job description and reported higher qualified level (90.4% & 89.7%))regarding their job specification respectively. Moreover, the majority of studied head nurses, atBenha University Hospital reported higher achieved level (87.9%) regarding their job evaluation ascompared to Menoufia University Hospital (84.6%). The study concluded that, the majority ofstudied head nurses at both hospitals reported a high level of job analysis however the head nursesat Menoufia University Hospital reported higher level of job analysis as compared to head nurses atBenha University Hospital with a highly statistical significant positive correlation between total jobanalysis and total of job description, job specification and job evaluation among studied head nursesat both hospitals. Recommendations: The study recommended that raising the awareness about allduties of head nurses through continuing education of courses in both nursing management andadministration as participate in training program for updating professional knowledge and teachingstaff team.