1Nursing Specialist at Bani Hussein Nursing Institution, Egypt
2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.
3Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Future foresight tools used by futurists use to expand knowledge and to explore many plausible futures. Innovation is a process by which a domain, a process, or a service is renewed and brought by applying new processes. Aim: Assess nurse managers' perception about future foresight tools and innovation skills. Design: A descriptive correlational study design. Setting: at Assiut city Hospitals of the Ministry of Health and Assiut University Hospitals. Subjects: All nurse managers at Assiut city Hospitals (N. =170), and All nurse managers at Assiut University Hospitals (N. =217). Data collection Tools: Tool (I) include two parts: Part I: (personal & job characteristics for nurse managers). Part II: Future foresight questionnaire. Tool II: Innovation skills questionnaire. Results: There was a positive correlation and statistically significant difference between the perception of nurse managers for the future foresight tools and innovative skills. Conclusion: The perception of nurse managers about future foresight tools impact on the level of innovation skills which demonstrate a moderate level of perception at Assiut University Hospitals and low level of perception at Ministry of Health Hospitals. Recommendation: Holding an educational program for nurse managers in Assiut city Hospitals of the Ministry of Health to increase and develop their perception about future foresight and innovation skills.