The Team Building Training Program Effects on Effectiveness of Teamwork of Staff Nurses' at Zagazig University Hospitals

Abstract

Background: Background: Teamwork is an essential part of healthcare’s organization for delivering quality care for patients, this reflects on staff nurses to have, responsibility to ensure patients safety. Nurse Leaders try to motivate their followers to construct engaged and exciting effective teams that go above and beyond the task's requirements in order to develop a high-quality, performance-oriented, committed, and attracted nursing staff. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of team building training program on teamwork effectiveness at Zagazig University Hospitals. Research Design: A quasi experimental design was utilized. Setting: the study was conducted at Zagazig University Hospitals. Which include two sectors El Salam sectors include four hospitals and the Emergency sectors include five hospitals. Sample: A simple random sample (94) from staff nurses who worked in the previously mentioned setting. Tools of data collection: A questionnaire sheet was used to collect data for this study that was composed of three parts; 1) a structured  knowledge questionnaire, 2)Team building skills (observational checklist) and Team effectiveness questionnaire  Results: there is a statistically significant difference between the studied nurses’ total team building knowledge pre and post program intervention, staff nurses had a high level of agreement percentage toward skills regarding team building compared to preprogram phase and that majority of studied nurses had a high teamwork effectiveness level and there were statistical significant difference in all items of team effectiveness awareness Conclusion: there were statistical significant improvement in all types of team building knowledge and teamwork effectiveness after implementation of the program. Recommendations: hospital administration should conduct a training program for different levels of nurse managers to promote teamwork effectiveness in their organization.