Background: Head nurses are commonly facing time wasters. Time waster is any activity that has that has fewer benefits and usually prevents the head nurse from accomplishing the job or achieving the goal. Aim: Assess time wasters facing head nurses in the work place. Design: A descriptive design was used in this study. Subjects: The subjects of the study included 115 head nurses working in Ain Shams University hospitals. The subjects of the study were convenient sample. Setting: The study was conducted at five hospitals affiliated to Ain-Shams University Hospitals where the head nurses worked. Tool of data collection: Time waster's questionnaire. Results: more than three fifth of head nurses facing all types of time wasters. The highest mean score was communication time wasters 20.63±4.28 while the lowest mean score was planning time wasters14.38±2.9. Conclusion: the result revealed that the most common time waster facing head nurses was communication 66.1%, while planning time waster was the least time waster facing head nurses 60.0%. Recommendations: Providing training programs for head nurses regarding strategies to eliminate time wasters and enhance delegation process.
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