title: Learning from success: autonomy and empowerment.
abstract: Evidence of autonomous, empowered behavior among nursing personnel at all levels is one of the critical factors looked for by teams reviewing a hospital for magnet hospital status. The kind of culture and leadership strategies which can ensure an atmosphere necessary to facilitate such behavior are described as they exist at a suburban community hospital which has achieved this distinction most recently.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmalenberg
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D002322:Career Mobility; D002641:Chicago; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence; D000078329:Workforce