Background: Visionary leadership empowers nursing managers by fostering a clear, inspiring
vision and a strong sense of purpose within healthcare organizations. This leadership style is closely
linked to enhanced organizational pride, as managers feel more aligned, valued and committed to
healthcare organizations mission and goals. Aim: The study aimed to assess visionary leadership
educational program for nursing managers: it's effect on organizational pride. Research design: A
quasi-experimental study design was utilized. Setting: The current study was conducted in all
inpatient units of medical and surgical departments at Benha University Hospital. Subjects: The
subject consisted of ( ) nursing managers who were working in the above mentioned study
settings. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used to collect data; visionary leadership
knowledge questionnaire, visionary leadership practice self-report questionnaire and organizational
pride questionnaire. Results: The results showed that, the most (
) of nursing managers had
poor knowledge level regarding visionary leadership at pre-program phase which improved to be
less than three quarters (
) of them had good knowledge regarding visionary leadership at
immediate post program and slightly declined to more than three fifths(
) at follow up phase
of program. Less than one third (
) of nursing managers had high practice level regarding
visionary leadership at pre-program phase which improved to be less than three quarters (
them had high level of practice and slightly declined to more than three fifths (
) of
) at follow up
of program phase. Less than one fifth (
) of nursing managers had reported high level of
organizational pride at pre-program which improved to be the most (
program phase and slightly declined to be the majority (
) at immediate post
) at follow up phase. Conclusion:
There was an improvement in nursing managers' knowledge and practice regarding visionary
leadership as well as there were an improvement in organizational pride at the immediate post
&follow up program phases compared to preprogram phase. Recommendations: Adopting clear
and transparent communication strategies to convey the hospital's mission, vision and
achievements, enabling staff to identify with organizational goals and feel proud of their affiliation.