The relationship between nursing leadership and patient satisfaction Bahadori A.1, Peyrovi H.2, Ashghali-Farahani M.3, Hajibabaee F.4,*, Haghani H.5 1Master of Science in Medical-Surgical Nursing Administration, Imam Khomeini of Mahabad Hospital, Urmia university of medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran 2Associate Professor of Nursing, Department of Critical Care Nursing, Center for Nursing Care Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Associate Professor of Nursing, Department of Nursing education and Administration, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Center for Nursing Care Research, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4PhD Candidate in Nursing, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5Master of Science in Statistics, Department of Vital Statistics, faculty of Management and Medical Information, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran *Corresponding E-mail: Hajibabaeefateme@yahoo.com
Online published on 3 October, 2018. Abstract Effective nursing leadership in healthcare organizations improves healthcare quality and increases patient satisfaction. In the literature, patient satisfaction has been considered as an important indicator of high quality and effective healthcare service. To determine the relationship between ward-level leadership and patient satisfaction of nursing care in teaching hospitals of Iran University of Medical Sciences. In this cross-sectional study, the sample consisted of 34 head nurses, selected on the basis of census sampling as well as 102 staff nurses and 170 patients, selected by random sampling. The cohort was chosen from 34 wards, including 10 internal medicine wards, 15 general surgery wards, 4 emergency wards and 5 intensive care wards, associated with all teaching hospitals of Iran Medical Science University. Data were collected using the multifactor leadership questionnaire and patient satisfaction instrument. The findings revealed that 50% of the head nurses had a transactional leadership style, 29.4% of them had a transformational leadership style and remaining 20.6% had a passive-avoidant leadership style. No statistically significant relationship was found between the ward-level leadership and patient satisfaction with nursing care, but the highest mean score of patient satisfaction was found for wards under head nurses with a transformational style. Potential influence of transformational leadership may be directly dependent on the patients’ views towards care providers as members of the health care team. It is recommended to conduct this study in a larger scale and using higher number of samples in other hospital settings. Top Keywords Head nurse, Iran, Leadership style, Nurse, Patients ’satisfaction, Transformational leadership, . Top |