The assessment of nurses' level of achievement in time management

2. SUMMARY The Assessment of Nurses' Level of Achievement in Time Management Student's Name: Gülhan YILMAZ Consultant: Gamze TEMİZ Asist. Prof. Department: Nursing Time management is defined as the planning and organization process to determine needs, to establish goals and objectives and to identify priority issues. The use of time management by nurses, one of the important team members of the health care system, ensures continuity of patient care and treatment, and allows the efficient planning of the time dedicated to the patient care, to its fullest extent. The highest level of quality in patient care is aimed by increasing the knowledge and awareness about time management in the clinical field of nurses. Objective: This study was planned to evaluate the level of achievement of nurses in terms of time management. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with 151 nurses working in the hospital and agreeing to participate in the research. With the institution permit and approval of the ethics committee, the data were collected through questionnaire. The results of the questionnaires were analyzed using the SPSS 22.0 program. There was a statistically significant difference (p<0,05) by comparisons of Time Management Scale scores according to gender of nurses, education status, duration of total work in occupation, prior knowledge of time management, availability of job descriptions, most appropriate behavior type defined by nurses for themselves and the sufficiency of the time dedicated to the task. Conclusion: To increase the quality of the patient care, nurses need to actively use time management. Therefore nurses' theoretical training about the subject should be reinforced with the use of the visual learning techniques and the application of simulation methods. Key Words: Nurse, Time Management, Health Care, Hospital