Registered nurse empowerment and intent to leave current position and/or profession.
OBJECTIVE
This study explored the relationship between Registered Nurses' (RN) empowerment and intent to leave their current position and/or profession.


BACKGROUND
While there is documentation of the relationship between job satisfaction and retention, little is known about the relationship between empowerment and intent to leave either the current position and/or profession.


METHODS
A web-based survey was conducted in which 1355 respondents completed measures of personal demographics, empowerment, intent to leave their current position and the profession.


RESULTS
Relationships were found between empowerment and intent to leave the current position (F = 80.08, P < 0.001) and intent to leave the profession (F = 75.99, P < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study contribute to the limited body of knowledge in this area. It is suggested that nursing leaders utilize empowerment and intent to leave the position and/or profession as new concepts to measure future retention within the nursing workforce.


CONCLUSIONS
Retention strategies need to focus on strategies for nurse empowerment.
Ohio Board of Nursing, Columbus, OH 43115, USA. jzurmehly@gmail.com
Joyce
J
Zurmehly
Patricia A
PA
Martin
Joyce J
JJ
Fitzpatrick
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009820:Ohio; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult