Determining the Skills Required for Nurses by the Delphi Method and Comparing Them with the Skills: Mixed Method: Descriptive Research

Objective: It was aimed to identify the skills that should senior- and lower-level manager nurses in Türkiye possess, compare levels of presence these managers based on self-assessment evaluations made by their subordinates. Material Methods: The research carried out 2 stages, which Delphi method, one qualitative methods. universe first stage study consisted executive who are members Executive Nurses Association, included 57 administrators. second phase composed nurses, working 9 state hospitals sample this a total 442 volun- tarily agreed participate study. Results: Skills were classified as: 'human relations communication', 'nursing care management', resource 'management leadership', 'professionalism'. In study, statistically significant difference found between self-evaluation senior assessment mid-level all (p <0.05). There differences sub-dimensions nursing care', 'professionalism' subordinates low-level (p<0.05). Conclusion: skill list senior, created under 5 main headings. When status possessing assessed superiors, it evaluated them significantly lower than selfevaluations