Clinical Career Ladder System's Awareness Among Nursing Staff At Mansoura Hospitals ( Governmental And Non Governmental Hospitals)

Abstract

Background:  The clinical career ladder is an effective way to allow the licensed nurse more time to perform higher-level of competency in clinical tasks and serves to retain, recognize and compensate expert clinical staff. Aim: To study   nursing staff awareness  regarding clinical career ladder system and its benefits at Mansoura Hospitals.

Subjects and Methods: Analytical cross sectional design was used, and convenience sample of  all available nursing staff working  at Mansoura city participated in the study. two tools used to collecting data, as well as  clinical career ladder system Questionnaire  and Benefits of clinical career ladder Questionnaire.

Results:  Regarding to total agreement about clinical ladder  system. The  highest mean score (320.37±7.65) were in Private hospitals than in health insurance hospitals(257.15±30.91)    .There is a significance relation between all items and total agreement (P< 0.05) .

Conclusion : Nurses in the  nongovernmental hospital ( private hospital ) have better aware regarding  Clinical Career Ladder System than nurses in the governmental hospitals ( Mansoura university hospital, health insurance hospital) respectively. Otherwise regarding benefits and advantages of Clinical Career Ladder System ,nurses in the governmental hospitals have better aware than nurses in the nongovernmental hospital.