Nurses' perception of power regarding their clinical role.
This article reports on a study on nurses' perception of power regarding their clinical role before and after implementation of a nursing diagnosis classification. Sixty clinical nurses (average age=37.2+/-7.0 years) from a Brazilian teaching hospital answered the Power as Knowing Participation in Change Tool (PKPCT) before and after the implementation of a diagnosis classification. PKPCT has four domains and provides total and partial scores. Reliability coefficients ranged from 0.88 to 0.98. Total scores were not statistically different between assessments (p=0.21), although scores in the 'Involvement in Creating Change' domain were higher in the second assessment (p=0.04). Further studies providing sound evidence regarding the impact of nursing classification systems on nurses' power perception are needed to guide decisions on teaching and clinical practice.
de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz
Diná
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Escola de Enfermagem, Hospital Universitário da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. mtmllf@usp.br
de Mattos Pimenta
Cibele Andrucioli
CA
Pedrosa
Maria Fernanda Vita
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da Costa Lima
Antônio Fernandes
AF
Gaidzinski
Raquel Rapone
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D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D011209:Power, Psychological; D055815:Young Adult