title: Decisional involvement in Magnet®, magnet-aspiring, and non-magnet hospitals.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Empowered decision making can help establish innovative work cultures. OJECTIVE: This study used the Decisional Involvement Scale to determine differences in actual and preferred decisional involvement among staff RNs and administrators in Magnet®, Magnet-aspiring, and non-Magnet hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  : Two facilities were Magnet designated, 3 were Magnet aspiring, and 9 were non-Magnet. A total of 5000 staff RNs and administrators were asked to participate in the nonexperimental descriptive survey. RESUTS: The difference observed in actual global scale score by Magnet status was statistically significant (P = .01). Respondents in Magnet hospitals had the highest actual global scale score on average, followed by Magnet-aspiring, then non-Magnet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Decisional involvement is higher among Magnet-designated than non-Magnet facilities.
authors.affiliation: Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, TX 75201, USA. Susan.Houston@BaylorHealth.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: Marygrace
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leveille
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luquire
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fike
authors.forename: Gerald O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Ogola
authors.forename: Shingisai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chando
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*