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OBJECTIVE: To define what kind of activities the nurse managers direct in a workday and how much time they spend for these activities. METHODS: The research sample was generated by nurse managers who worked in three university and six private hospitals selected for delivering nursing management lessons in Istanbul, between the years 2008-2010. 120 observation forms were evaluated. The time spent for manager nurses to do every job was recorded in minutes on the observation form. These jobs were categorized as nursing care, managerial, support services, educational, research activities and rest, and the time spent on these jobs were calculated according to these groupings. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16.00 using percentage, frequency, and t test analysis. RESULTS: It was found that manager nurses spent most of their time on managerial activities (167.17±78.31 minutes) and on nursing care activities (100.95±68.07 minutes), and they have spent the least time on research activities (8.55±21.24 minutes). According to the institutions and positions of the manager nurses, it was found that manager nurses who work in private hospitals spent more time (p 0.05) on nursing care than the others, and the head nurses spent more time (p 0.001) on educational activities than the charge nurses. This was found to be statistically significant. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that manager nurses spent most of their time on managerial and nursing care activities and spent the least time on research activities.

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