Nursing Empowerment, Workplace Environment, and Job Satisfaction in Nurses Employed in an Academic Health Science Center

J Nurses Prof Dev. 2017 Jul/Aug;33(4):196-202. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000363.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to test predictors of nursing empowerment and job satisfaction in nurses.

Background: Nursing professional development leaders and Magnet® coordinators need foundational data on which to build interventions that will support and empower nurses on the journey toward American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet® designation.

Method: Secondary data analysis methods were used.

Results: Overall, nurses perceived that they had moderate empowerment and were satisfied with their jobs.

Conclusions: Study results support predicted relationships and can be used to guide interventions for, and development of, nurses.

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers / organization & administration*
  • Employment
  • Humans
  • Job Satisfaction*
  • Nurses*
  • Power, Psychological*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Workplace