Background: The success of healthcare organizations relies on the competence of their staff. Effective and
efficient employees are seen as a competitive advantage, in which talent serving as a key differentiator that
plays a crucial role in the organization's effectiveness (Dalayga & Baskaran, 2019; Elhaddad et al., 2020).
Effective talent management offers opportunities for the development and education of managers, which in
turn enhances their practices and creativity. Also, improves nurse's performance, quality and satisfaction of
patient care, and the overall success of the healthcare organization(Elkady et al., 2019; Chelan et al., 2022).
Objective: The study aimed to determine the impact of implementing a talent management training program
for first line nurse managers on their leadership practices and nursing management creativity Setting: This
study was conducted in all Medical (25units) and Surgical (15units) Inpatient Care Units at Alexandria Main
University Hospital Subject :The study subject included all first line nurse managers who are working in the
medical and surgical units (N= 40) distributed as follows (25) in medical units and (15) in surgical units
Tools: Four tools were used in this study tool (I) talent management practices questionnaire tool (II)
leadership practices inventory observation scale tool (III) nursing management creativity questionnaire tool
(IV) talent management knowledge questionnaire. In addition, demographic data sheet was developed by the
researcher Results: findings of the present study revealed that there was a highly significant improvement of
overall talent management, leadership practices as well as nursing management creativity immediately after
and after 2month of program implementation than before. Conclusion: talent management training program
had large positive effect on talent management practices, leadership practices and talent management
knowledge and moderate effect on nursing management creativity Recommendation: The study recommends
that The study provide high concern for incorporating talent management strategies into the hospital strategic
planning and conducting aperiodic talent management training programs for nursing managers at all levels
depending on their job description.