1. SAMAR FAREED MAHMOUD - Assistant Lecturer of Nursing Administration -Faculty of Nursing-Cairo University- Egypt.
2. MAGDA ABD AL-HAMAD ABD AL FATTAH - Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University- Egypt.
3. Dr. HEBA AHMED NASSAR - Professors of economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science Cairo University- Egypt.
Background: Nursing are crucial to cutting costs and assisting hospitals in maintaining their financial stability all around the world. As a result, the discipline of health care economics is rapidly developing and has an impact nurse management. Therefore, acquiring knowledge in this area can aid nurse managers in managing quality care efficiently. Aim: to assess the Impact of Educational Program about Economics of Health Care Services for Nurse Managers on Quality Management of Patient Care. Design: A quasiexperimental design was used. Sample: A convenient sample of all thirty nurse managers who agreed to take part in the study. Setting: The research was carried out in various department and units at the new teaching Kaser El-Aini hospital. The following tools were used: Demographic and work - related characteristics form; 'Knowledge Questionnaire on the Economics of Health Care Services,' health economic performance checklist, and quality management performance checklist. Result: A significant improvement in the study participants' total health care services economics and the management of patient care quality Knowledge and performance was found in the post- test as compared to that in the pre-test and the follow-up stage. Conclusion: Designing and delivering the training programs to meet the needs of the nursing management staff, enhancing the knowledge and performance related to the healthcare services economics and managing the quality of patient care. Recommendation: To bridge knowledge and practice gaps, nursing management staff should be included in the development of mandatory, ongoing educational training programs on health care services economics and patient care quality management.
Educational program, health care services economics, nurse managers, quality management, patient care.