Background: Head nurses in any areas at hospitals are susceptible to stress, that make head nurses need to create work place optimal for the provision of nursing care by motivating and resilience their nurses. Therefore, it is important for head nurse to be resilient and able to motivate their nurses. Aim: Assess head nurses' resilience level skill and its relation to their motivating behavior as perceived by nurses. Design: Descriptive correlational research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted at inpatient medical and surgical departments at Benha University Hospitals. Subject: Consisted of simple random sample of nurses include 322 nurses working in the same setting. Tools: I: Head Nurses' Resilience Skills Questionnaire. II: Head Nurses' Achievement Motivating Behavior Questionnaire. Results: More than half of the head nurses (51.2%) had moderate level of resilience skills perceived by nurses. Also, more than half of them (52.8%) had moderate level motivating behavior perceived by nurses. Conclusion: The study concluded that there were highly statistically positive correlations between head nurses' resilience skills and their motivating behavior as perceived by nurses. Recommendations: The study recommended that conducting organizational workshops to reinforce head nurses' resilience skills and keep the progress of motivating leader behaviors.
 
Background: Head nurses in any areas at hospitals are susceptible to stress, that make head nurses have to create work place optimal for the provision of nursing care by motivating and resilience their nurses. Therefore, it is important for head nurse to be resilient and able to motivates their nurses. Aim: This study aimed to assess head nurses' resilience level skill and its relation to their motivating behavior as perceived by nurses. Design: Descriptive correlational research design used in the study. Setting: The study was conducted at all medical and surgical departments at Benha University Hospitals. Subject: Consisted of simple random sample of nurses include 322 nurses working in the same setting. Tools: I: Head Nurses' Resilience Levels Skills Structured Questionnaire as perceived by nurses. II: Head Nurses' Motivating Behavior Questionnaire as perceived by nurses. Results: More than half of the studied nurses (51.2%) had moderate level regarding head nurses' resilience skills. and more than half of the studied nurses (52.8%) had moderate level regarding head nurses' motivating behavior. Conclusion: There were highly statistically positive relations between head nurses' resilience skills and their motivating behavior as perceived by nurses. Recommendations: Conducting organizational workshops to reinforce head nurses' resilience skills and keep the progress of motivating leader behaviors and Supporting motivating by enough resource, preparation and time that help in building relationships, training program for head nurses and communicating effectively.