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Abstract Background: Clinical supervision is a useful strategy to foster the professional development of nurses, develop advanced independent practitioners, provide support for staff nurses and improve the quality of patients care. Aim: The aim of the current study was to examine the effect of clinical supervision training program for nurse managers on quality of nursing care in intensive care units. Design: A quasi-experimental design was utilized in this study. Setting: The current study was conducted in eight selected intensive care units at New Kasr Elaini teaching hospital. Subjects: Study sample composed of two groups as follows: First group is all nurse managers who were working at the previous selected intensive care units at New Kasr Elaini teaching Hospital; their number was (30). The second group is: Stratified random percent of sample from staff nurses population which constitute (78) out of 187 staff nurses. Tools: Data was collected by using the following three tools: Clinical supervision knowledge questionnaire, observational checklist for the clinical supervision competencies and quality of nursing care checklist. Results: There was a statistical significant difference in knowledge test scores as well as in mean scores of clinical supervision competencies among nurse managers during different periods of assessment. A statistical significant difference in quality of nursing care scores among staff nurses during different periods of assessment. Conclusion: There was a positive effect of a clinical supervision training program on quality of nursing care among staff nurses |