title: Frontline Nurse Engagement and Empowerment: Characteristics and Processes for Building Leadership Capacity.
abstract: Improving health care quality is the responsibility of nurses at all levels of the organization. This article describes a study that examined frontline staff nurses' professional practice characteristics to advance leadership through the understanding of relationships among practice environment, quality improvement, and outcomes. The study design was a descriptive quantitative design at 2 time points. Findings support the use of research and quality processes to build leadership capacity required for positive resolution of interdisciplinary operational failures.
authors: Community Mental Health Nursing (Dr Riley) and Adult Health Nursing (Drs Dearmon and Buckner), College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, Mobile; and Nursing Administration, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile (Ms Mestas).
authors: Bettina H
authors: BH
authors: Riley
authors: Valorie
authors: V
authors: Dearmon
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Mestas
authors: Ellen B
authors: EB
authors: Buckner
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D058996:Quality Improvement