Time management and professional self-efficacy are essential for better nursing care. This studywas conducted to determine of relationship between time management and professional selfefficacywith the quality of nursing care among nurses in northwest Iran In the city of Ardabil fromNovember ۲۰۲۳ to November ۲۰۲۴.

Background and Aims: Time management and professional self-efficacy are essential for better nursingcare. This study was conducted to determine of relationship between time management and professionalself-efficacy with the quality of nursing care among nurses in northwest Iran In the city of Ardabil fromNovember ۲۰۲۳ to November ۲۰۲۴.Methods: The correlational study was conducted in the year ۲۰۲۳ in the city of Ardabil in the west ofIran. ۳۵۰ nurses were selected by stratified sampling method from ۵ educational hospitals. The data werecollected using Raj'a Nayef Zyoud's(۲۰۲۳) time management questionnaire, Zahra Kazemi andMaasoumeh Barkhordari-Sharifabad (۲۰۲۳)professional self-efficacy of nurses, and the quality of nursingcare by Anita Karaca(۲۰۲۲) were used. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS software (۲۶) usingdescriptive statistics, independent t-test, analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and linearregression logistic model.Result: The results revealed that time management status in Nurses(۸۰.۳%,) professional self-efficacy(۶۱.۷% ), and Quality of nursing care (۵۷.۱%.) were at a moderate level. The mean of time management,professional self-efficacy, and quality of nursing care were (۵۹.۷۹ ± ۱۰.۳۷), (۷۲.۶۴ ± ۱۲.۳۴) and (۱۵۱.۴۵± ۷۸.۱۶), respectively and this difference was statistically significant (P<۰.۰۰۱). There was a positive andsignificant correlation between time management and professional self-efficacy with the quality ofnursing care (P<۰.۰۰۱). The step-by-step multiple linear regression model showed that time management(۶۵%) has a greater impact on the quality of nursing care compared to professional self-efficacy (۶۲%). Conclusion: In the present study, nurses reported time management, professional self-efficacy, and nursing care at an average level. It is suggested that the policymakers of the health sector lead to an increase in the quality of nursing care in the field of treatment by holding orientation workshops to improve the time management and professional self-efficacy of nurses.

کلیدواژه ها:

Time management ، Professional self-efficacy ، Quality of nursing care