title: Closing the RN engagement gap: which drivers of engagement matter?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study focused on the relationship between RNs' perceptions of drivers of engagement and their workplace engagement.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  In multiple studies, mostly not in healthcare, researchers found that employees engaged in their work are in the minority. This phenomenon is referred to as the engagement gap.
  
  
  METHODS
  Drivers of engagement and levels of nurse engagement were measured among 510 RNs from a large urban academic university center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The greatest difference between engaged and not-engaged nurses was in the manager action index; the smallest difference was in the salary and benefits index. The passion-for-nursing index was the only significant driver related to RN levels of engagement when controlling for all the other drivers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurse managers play a critical role in promoting employee engagement. The nurses' passion for nursing is an important dimension of engagement. Salary and benefits were not primary drivers in employee engagement.
authors: Medicine Services, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/The University Hospital of Columbia & Cornell, New York, New York 10065, USA. rrr9001@nyp.org
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