Nurse empowerment through context, structure, and process.
Empowerment is most often conceptualized and measured from an individual perspective. Yet, in the nursing practice environment it requires a more comprehensive perspective. In this article the author requires a more comprehensive perspective. In this article the author proposes that nurse empowerment most likely occurs when there is a congruent linkage among a nursing vision, structural components that involve nurse participation, and the use of a process of inquiry. An empowerment quotient for nursing could be measured on a continuum for each of these three components.
Schmieding
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University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing, Kingston 02881-0814.
D001318:Authoritarianism; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012380:Role; D012930:Social Dominance