Background: The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 placed multifaceted
challenges for nurse
managers' achievement of their roles' activities efficiently. Political skills are
the essential tool for
communicating successfully, influencing nursing staff's work, and responding to emergency events
and obstacles during crises. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of nurse
managers' political skills on preparedness and response activities during coronavirus disease 2019
outbreak. Design: It was utilized a comparative, correlational design. Setting: It was conducted at El
Mahalla El Kobra General Hospital in Intensive Care Units, operation, isolation, and inpatient wards.
Subjects: It involved all nurse managers (51) and 203 nursing staff. Tools: The study's
questionnaire consisted of three parts; involving demographic data, assessment of preparedness and
response activities of COVID-19, and political skills inventory. Results: The majority of NMs had
high levels of political skills and were satisfied with their activities during the preparedness and
response of Covid-19. Furthermore, the nursing staff was satisfied with nurse managers' activities of
communication & information sharing and education, ethical and legal practice, incident
management, and intervention, but not with the activities of preparation and planning, safety &
security, and psychological support. Conclusion: Nurse Managers need to possess strong political
skills to have the social power of attaining their roles' activities during the COVID-19 crisis.
Recommendations: Developing a periodic in-service training program on political skills, as well
preparedness, responses, recovery, and evaluation of disasters.