Effect of Time Management Training program on Daily Time Wasters for Nurses

Abstract

AbstractBackground: Time management training program concerned with giving insight into time wasters, changing time spending, and increasing the efficiency of workday for staff by learning them planning their work by prioritize activities, and manage emergency and unexpected tasks. Study aims to evaluate the effect of designed program of time management on daily time waters for nurses'. The subjects: No. = (118) staff nurses. Setting; Sohag & Qena Universities Hospitals. Tools; consists of 1) Time management questionnaire include personal characteristics and Time management scale; 2) Time waster Questionnaire. Results: mean score of total time managements at pre intervention (55.95±8.41), post (59.95±7.6), and follow up (63.67±9.8). Mean score of total time wasters at pre intervention (41.34±9.46), post (32.32±7.86), and follow up (24.93±5.98). Conclusion; there were high negative correlation between time management and time waster scores. There were high significant differences between studied nurses at pre, post and follow up intervention related goal setting, managing interruptions, procrastination time management, and time waster domains (internal and external). Recommendations: Training programs on time management should be provided for nursing staff at their various levels, policies, rules and regulations must be clarified for employees to preserve time, and records must be organized and coordinated to save time.