Document Type : Original Article
Authors
Departmet of Health Administration, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
BACKGROUND: University health coverage gives everyone accesses to health services focused
on the most important causes of illness and death and ensures that the quality of services is high
enough to improve the health of those receiving services. Nurses as the largest group of staff in the
health system play an important role in achieving UHC. This study aimed to determine the training
needs of nursing managers in universities of medical sciences of Iran in achieving UHC.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was a qualitative study conducted in 2019 using the
framework method. There were 15 experts in nursing management, health management, and nursing
authorities at the national level using the purposive random sampling. Data were collected from the
expert panel. We used the Atlas.ti software version 7.2 and using the framework method for the
analysis of qualitative data. A set of codes organized into categories that were jointly developed by
the researchers involved in the analysis. The UHC framework used to summarize data in a way that
could support answering research questions.
RESULTS: This study showed that three educational modules leadership and strategic thinking,
management, and decision‑making, achieving excellence in nursing management to capacity building
of nursing managers in the country.
CONCLUSION: Training leadership skills and strategic thinking in the nursing empowerment modules
illuminate global and national health roadmaps and policies and change attitudes to the model of
nursing service delivery. Since nurses are the largest group of professionals in the health system, it
facilitated by changes in the role and functions of the hospital and nurses to reach UHC.
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