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Development And Testing Of An Explanatory Model Of Registered Nurse Empowerment, Marilyn D. Klakovich Dnsc, Msn, Rn, Cnaa
Development And Testing Of An Explanatory Model Of Registered Nurse Empowerment, Marilyn D. Klakovich Dnsc, Msn, Rn, Cnaa
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Recent innovations in patient care delivery and nursing governance require an empowered workforce. However, little is known about what combination of organizational, leadership, and personal characteristics maximize the prediction of registered nurse empowerment. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an explanatory model of registered nurse empowerment. The predictor variables included personal characteristics of registered nurses (age, experience, organizational tenure, education, and position level of clinical and/or management responsibility), perceptions of organizational culture, and connective leadership. The study was conducted in a tertiary-care hospital in Southern California. A total of 113 registered nurses completed the Organizational Culture …