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Exploring The Relationships Among New Graduate Nurses’ Structural Empowerment, Psychological Empowerment, Work Engagement, And Clinical Nurse Educator Leadership In Acute Care Settings, Carly Blair Apr 2020

Exploring The Relationships Among New Graduate Nurses’ Structural Empowerment, Psychological Empowerment, Work Engagement, And Clinical Nurse Educator Leadership In Acute Care Settings, Carly Blair

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Background: This study aimed to examine relationships and to gain further knowledge into the significance of the leadership role of acute care clinical nurse educators and the relationship with structural empowerment, psychological empowerment, and work engagement amongst new graduate nurses working in acute care settings.

Methods: 83 participants, registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), responded to a mail-out survey package containing four instruments corresponding to each study variable, along with a demographic questionnaire. The analysis includes study descriptives, correlations of total and subscales, and moderation analysis of structural empowerment, psychological empowerment and clinical nurse educator leadership

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The Effect Of Authentic Leadership On New Graduate Nurses’ Organizational Identification, Trust In The Manager, Patient Safety Climate, And Willingness To Report Errors, Fatmah Fallatah Mar 2020

The Effect Of Authentic Leadership On New Graduate Nurses’ Organizational Identification, Trust In The Manager, Patient Safety Climate, And Willingness To Report Errors, Fatmah Fallatah

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Background: Error reporting has been identified as an important approach to improve delivery of both safe and quality care. However, existing evidence suggests that nurses are reluctant to report errors they make or fail to speak up about mistakes committed by others. Authentic leadership has been linked to improved work environments for nurses and enhanced quality of care. However, the question of how authentic leaders influence new graduate nurses’ willingness to report errors has received minimal attention.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to test a theoretical model that examined the influence of authentic leadership on new graduate nurses’ …


Linking Psychological Capital, Structural Empowerment And Perceived Staffing Adequacy To New Graduate Nurses' Job Satisfaction, Lisa Stam Nov 2012

Linking Psychological Capital, Structural Empowerment And Perceived Staffing Adequacy To New Graduate Nurses' Job Satisfaction, Lisa Stam

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Reports indicate that new graduate nurses (NGNs) are experiencing stressful work environments, affecting job satisfaction and retention in current positions. New nurses are a health human resource that must be retained in order to ensure the replacement of retiring nurses, and to address impending shortages. As a result, creating supportive work environments that promote NGNs’ job satisfaction may play an important role in the retention and recruitment of skilled, satisfied nursing staff. The purpose of this study was to test the relationships between new graduates’ self-reported psychological capital (PsyCap), access to empowerment structures, perceptions of staffing adequacy and job satisfaction. …