Relationship between nurse manager's personality characteristics and leaders

Nursing managers are deciding under uncertainty permanently because of their professional nature and confronting with critical conditions; so, their decisions are associated with a high risk that can cause serious harm to patients and profession. So, it would be important identifying effective factors on decreasing uncertainty in their decision-making. This study aimed to determine the amount of uncertainty in decision-making among nurse managers and its relationship with some their job characteristics in 2014 in hospitals in Dezful province. Methods and Materials: This study was cross - sectional that it was done on nursing directors, supervisors and the head nurses. Method of sampling was census and (65) nurse managers participated in study. Data gathered by questionnaires; job characteristics and uncertainty in decision-making. Content validity was used and test-retest for assessing its reliability (0/95). ِData analyzed under SPSS20 with descriptive and analytical statistics tests (Mann Whiteny, Pearson and Kroscal-Wallis). Findings showed that uncertainty rate in most nursing directors (67. 7 percent), was at its minimum rate, and a significant correlation was found between uncertainty rate in decision-making and managerial experiences negatively, (p= 0. 03, r= -0. 241) while the there was no correlation between others’ characteristics of job. regarding the relationship between uncertainty in decision- making and managerial experiences, it would be suggested for improving decision- making in uncertainty situations, young managers work with experienced managers together and also inservice education would be useful.