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Abstract
This thesis presents Head Nurses’ Spiritual Leadership and Staff Nurses’ Autonomy: A Comparative Study. Head nurses’ spiritual leadership is a new paradigm in health care system and the dominant variable in shaping healthcare environment and staff nurses’ autonomy. The study aimed to compare the relation between head nurses’ spiritual leadership and staff nurses’ autonomy at Gastroenterology Surgical Center and Specialized Medical Hospital. The methods of this study was a comparative research design and conducted on 400 of staff nurses and 81 head nurse working at Gastroenterology Surgical Center (GESC) and Specialized Medical Hospital (SMH), using two tools: Head Nurses’ Spiritual Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) and Staff Nurses’ Autonomy questionnaire (AQ). The findings of the study showed that head nurses’ spiritual leadership had a positive statistically correlation with staff nurses’ autonomy at two settings. This study concluded that more than half of head nurses at GESC and the majority at SMH had moderate agreement level regarding overall spiritual leadership domains. The majority of staff nurses at SMH and GESC had a low agreement level regarding overall autonomy domain. This study Recommended that the head nurse needs to understand the overall vision and purpose of organization so that they act according to the organizational requirements. A training program for nurses to be more autonomous through explaining and expanding nurses’ roles and responsibilities should be provided.