...Empowerment is a concept we all have heard at one time or another it is utilized in numerous professions and specialties. Analysis of this concept will further understanding of empowerment for nursing professionals in areas from research, theory development or practice. Exploring the attributes, consequences, implications and model cases of empowerment can assist the nursing professional in utilizing empowerment to its fullest potential. Within the scope of nursing, empowerment can be seen not purely as how it relates to the client, or the nurse but also how it relates to both the client and the nurse (Rodwell 1996). The Walker-Avant method was used to analyze this concept, as it was the most commonly seen in nursing literature (McEwen & Willis, 2007). Aim This paper’s aim is to clarify the concept of empowerment and its implications for the nursing profession, by exploring how it pertains to nursing as well as other disciplines, its essential attributes, antecedents, consequences and empirical referents. Definition What is empowerment, and what does it mean? American Heritage dictionary defines empowerment as “To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority” or “To equip or supply with an ability; enable”. Dictionary.com defines it as “to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means” or “to enable or permit”. Synonyms for empower include capacitate, entrust, permit and privilege according to Rogets Thesaurus. Understanding...
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...community psychology, and nursing. In addition,Empowerment concept is lately used in different phenomenon, such as: studentempowerment, empowerment of teachers, empowerment of patient and empowerment of nurses. From reviewing the related literature of the concept in the nursing field, there is nospecific definition of empowerment because it is used depending on the writer and theframework of his/ her paper.According to (Norries, 1982) one of the major problems with the nursing science isthat its concepts are words that lack the elements of the system that are necessary for ascientific discipline (e.g. categories, taxonomies and rules). For that, the writer will present aconcept analysis of empowerment which will identify and examine its attributes,characteristics, antecedents, consequences and uses of the concept in the nursing field.According to the assumptions for this concept analysis paper, the writer believes that eachnurse manager must empower his/her followers' autonomy, accountability, decision makingabilities, problem solving, and managerial skills.Usually an analysis of the concept is held to clarify its meaning and to show therelations of its elements in various fields. In this paper the concept of empowerment will bestudied in the field of nursing to clarify its meaning to develop nursing knowledge base andto show its importance in this profession. As the writer believes that when the nurses areempowered, the productivity and effectiveness of the nursing health...
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...EMPOWERING NURSES 2 Abstract The author examines three published studies validating the concept that a supportive professional practice environment allows for an empowering and successful nursing practice. All but one of the studies, reference Rosabeth Moss Kanter's model of organizational empowerment and further outline how utilization of this model can be useful in creating meaningful work environments for professional nurses. Two studies discuss newly graduated nurses, their organizational commitment and reasons for possible burnout while the other study considers the empowerment needs of the advanced practice nurse. Generally defined, empowerment is a multidimensional social process that helps people gain control over their own lives. It is a process that encourages power (that is, the ability to influence) in people, for use in their own lives, their communities, and in their society, encouraging action on those issues that are found to be of importance. As stated by Chinn and Kramer (2011) it is the growing ability of individuals and groups to exercise their will to have their voices heard, and to claim their full human potential. The author acknowledges the importance of empowering professional nurses for successful practice and finds Kanter’s model an excellent tool to achieve positive outcomes. EMPOWERING NURSES 3 The Importance of Empowering Nurses Imagine reporting to work and being informed that the supervisor has called for...
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...I S S U E S A N D IN N O V A T I O N S IN N U R S I N G E D U C A T I O N Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter’s theory Teresa P. Sarmiento MScN RN College Nurse Educator, George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Heather K. Spence Laschinger Canada PhD RN Professor and Associate Director Nursing Research, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Carroll Iwasiw EdD RN Professor and Director School of Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Submitted for publication 22 May 2003 Accepted for publication 21 October 2003 Correspondence: Heather Spence Laschinger, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada. E-mail: hkl@uwo.ca SARMIENTO T.P., LASCHINGER H.K.S. & IWASIW C. (2004) Journal of Advanced Nursing 46(2), 134–143 Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter’s theory Background. Empowerment has become an increasingly important factor in determining college nurse educator burnout, work satisfaction and performance in current restructured college nursing programmes in Canada. Aim. This paper reports a study to test a theoretical model specifying relationships among structural empowerment, burnout and work satisfaction. Method. A descriptive correlational survey design was used to test the model in a sample of 89 Canadian full-time...
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...Leadership in Nursing Lisa Starnes University of Mount Olive Leadership in Nursing Leadership has many different types of theories associated with it. In the article, Authentic Leadership, Empowerment and Burnout: A Comparison in New Graduates and Experienced Nurses, Laschinger, Wong, and Grau (2013) “examine the effect of authentic leadership and structural empowerment on the emotional exhaustion and cynicism of new graduates and experienced acute-care nurses” (p. 541). Retaining nurses is critical, especially since the current workforce is reaching retirement age, in regards to the maintaining patient care standards. However, more nurses are reporting increased stress levels, dissatisfaction with the difficult working environments, as well as health concerns. In Canada, a government study identified that nurses absentee rates related to illness were 58% higher than any other labor force (Laschinger, Wong, & Grau, 2013, p. 541). Depression, as well as poor physical health are a few conditions resulting from the stress nurses experience from difficult working conditions. Nursing burnout affects more than just the nurse’s health, it also affects the quality of care the patient receives, which in turn links to increased mortality rates (Laschinger et al., 2013, p. 542). In addition, Laschinger et al. (2013) point out that with the current nursing shortage, healthy working environments must be implemented to retain experienced, as well as new graduate nurses from leaving...
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...Empowerment Robyn Frid Ohio University Empowerment ‘The nurse’s main responsibility is to view healthcare as a basic human need and right of each person, that include a patient’s right to be heard, to be treated with dignity and respect, to be given a safe environment, and overall well-being” ( Burkhardt &Nathaniel, 2014, p.496 ). By being role models of empowerment we can facilitate empowerment in patients and families (p.518). By giving up control and learning to collaborate with patients, families, and other members of the healthcare teem (HCT) we can learn mutual participation in healthcare (LaSala & Bjarnason, 2010, Creating workplace environments that support moral courage). Remember, the electronic medical record is making the patient and the family part of the HCT, and we want to treat them with the respect any team member deserves. This includes being able to listen attentively to whatever patients and families have to say, and reflect back to them your understanding, giving patients choices in small and large decisions, for example when they prefer to bathe, what foods do they prefer, and when to take medications. Stop the attitude that you know what is best for the patient. Make sure the HCT is aware of the patient’s wishes regarding healthcare and end of life decisions, and provide patients and families with any resources that would help in making these decisions. Also, we can facilitate patient and families with any help needed to use the EMR and how...
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...dismal future. The framework of healthcare faces distinct challenges, potentially providing the opportunity for nurse leadership to provide a pathway for the future. One concern is the capacity to prepare the next generation of nurse leaders, both formal and informal, to become effective leaders, contributing to the future health of the workplace. This study is an analysis pertaining to the development of future nurse leaders. The analysis seeks to uncover the challenges of developing nurse leaders, and the necessary requirements for the next generation of leaders within healthcare. The findings suggest that the development of nursing leadership is vital in relation to healthy workplace environments, and quality patient care. Furthermore, a new paradigm and set of competencies necessary to lead nursing into the future. Keywords: leadership, nursing, development, future The Future of Nurse Leadership In today's ever-changing health care environment, nurses, especially administrators and managers, require leadership skills that provide direction for a new generation of nurses. Currently,...
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...November 2003, 318 – 327 COMMUNITY-RELATED ISSUES A Conceptual Model for Empowerment of the Female Community Health Volunteers in Nepal SARALA SHRESTHA Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal ABSTRACT Context: The existing top-down approach of the training is not appropriate to empower the community health volunteers to produce a sustainable change in their performance. Objective: To propose a conceptual model that relies on Freire’s theory of empowerment education and the participatory action research methodology to empower the female community health volunteers (FCHVs) to increase their consciousness, competence and confidence in performing their job responsibilities. Method: The model explains the empowerment phenomenon as a process and outcome. As a process it occurs in the form of repeated reinforcement cycles with alternating activities of action and reflection and includes developing awareness, skills and confidence among FCHVs through small group activities. As an outcome, it results in the change in FCHVs’ performance in increasing contraceptive acceptance among the rural women of reproductive age group. Conclusion: It is hoped that empowerment of FCHVs will bring sustainable change in their performance and will consequently produce notable improvement in the health of women and children in particular and in the community in general. KEYWORDS Empowerment, community health volunteer, participatory action research, contraceptive acceptance...
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...Introduction Nursing researchers have been using Pender’s Health Promotion model to facilitate lifestyle changes, and bring about increased protection and improvement in public health. One of the major public health concerns for many nations is Diabetes. According to Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage (2010), 246 million people worldwide have diabetes, equating to almost 6% of the world’s adult population, with 80% of these people live in developing nations. This diabetes prevalence is further influenced by the aging population, unhealthy diet, overweight, physical inactivity, and obesity. In the 2010 meta-ethnographic research study, Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, used Pender’s Health Promotion Model (HPM) to analyze and contribute to the understanding of what clients perceived as being important in an effective empowerment strategy for diabetes self-management. Meta-ethnography is a research method that use an inductive and interpretative method to compare and interpret multiple qualitative research findings revealing analogies between the studies to develop new concepts and models (Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, 2010). Health Promotion Model (HPM) HPM is a nursing model which emphasizes the role of expectations in predicting health behaviors. HPM identifies three factors that influence health behavior, and how these three factors directly and indirectly influences health- promoting behaviors. Individual characteristics and experience, which includes...
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...my nephews wedding, and one of the first things I did was strategically plan for that trip. I assessed a variety of possible routes and determined the best course to get me where I wanted to go. I would not ever dream of driving off in my car to an unknown area without first having a plan and knowing the exact direction to take, however I have unknowingly done this with my nursing career. I go to work daily and rotely perform my duties that are expected of me with the goal of making it through my shift, but as far as having a strategic plan for my future in nursing during this challenging time for the profession, I do not have one. The facility I am employed does have a strategic plan, but it has only been in the past five years the plan has been openly discussed and published. Because of recent low nurse satisfaction rates, and high turnover rates, staff nurses were asked to participate in developing a new strategic plan. This was ground breaking for the bedside nurses. It gave them a voice in resolving the issues that surround them and gave them a sense of empowerment. Another major stride for the nursing...
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...Running head: DOES SHARED GOVERNANCE IMPROVE NURSING RETENTION? Does Shared Governance Improve Nursing Retention? La Quinta Roberts Kaplan University NU499 Bachelor’s Capstone in Nursing Natasha Zurcher, MSN/ED, RN, CPN April 6, 2014 Abstract The global nursing shortage has prompted health care systems to seek new strategies to attract and retain nurses. The growing evidence points to the shared governance model of management are as a possible strategy to improve productivity, nurse job satisfaction and nurse retention. There are different models of shared governance, but a clear relationship exists between nurse practice environment and higher retention rates. Research found long hours, and unsupportive practice environments contribute to high turnover rates. Here is a look at the evidence which promote the creation of a shared governance model for a positive practice environment and better retention rates. Shared Governance and Nurse Retention Introduction Shared governance models are being promoted as a plan to decrease nurse turnover, but there are many variable elements to the Shared governance model. True shared governance characteristics are a practice environment that has a process by which nurses take an active participatory role in the decisions of the hospital nursing practice. Most shared governance models are associated with Magnet status hospitals, but more and more hospitals are adopting this style of management without the designation...
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...plays an important role while nurses provide health care to patients. Nursing Leadership Leadership can be categorized into different styles. While all nursing groups or organizations have leaders, not all leaders are effective. In an article titled “Leadership styles and outcome patterns for the nursing workforce and work environment: A systematic review”, Cummings et al. studied leadership and their differential effects on the nursing workforce and work environments (Cummings, et al., 2010). In the article, the authors found: Staff satisfaction with work, roles and pay: The relational focused leadership styles, such as socio-emotional, resonant, transformational, inspirational, and consideration leadership are associated with the higher nursing staff satisfaction with work, roles, and pay, than the task focused leadership styles such as instrumental, laissez-faire, and management by exception leadership. Staff relationships with work: Relational leadership styles significantly increased nurses’ organizational commitment as measured by intention to stay and actual turnover. Staff health and wellbeing: Relational leadership was associated with better staff health and reduced anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and stress. Working environment: It is reported that greater nurse empowerment with relational leadership styles, while task-focused leadership styles were associated with reduced empowerment. Productivity and effectiveness: The relational leadership styles significantly...
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...new whole: helping families of people with schizophrenia. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 20(1), 38-46. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00706.x Kertchok, R., Yunibhand, J., & Chaiyawat, W. (2011). Creating a new whole: helping families of people with schizophrenia. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing, 20(1), 38-46. doi:10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00706.x Engqvist, I., Ahlin, A., Ferszt, G., & Nilsson, K. (2010). Nurses -- psychiatrists' main collaborators when treating women with postpartum psychosis. Journal Of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 17(6), 494-502. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01549.x Tregoweth, J., Walton, J., & Reed, K. (2012). The experiences of people who re-enter the workforce following discharge from a forensic hospital. Journal Of Vocational Rehabilitation, 37(1), 49-62. Iversen, A., Esbjørn, B., Christensen, E., & Hansen, N. (2012). Exploring the impact of involving fathers in the treatment of their children: A study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Qualitative Studies, 3(1), 22-39. Gaining Empowerment Allows Results [G.E.A.R.]. (2011). Reclaiming Children & Youth, 20(3), 17-20. Olin, S. S., Hoagwood, K., Rodriguez, J., Ramos, B., Burton, G., Penn, M., & ... Jensen, P. (2010). The Application of Behavior Change Theory to Family-Based Services: Improving Parent Empowerment in Children’s Mental Health. Journal Of Child & Family Studies, 19(4), 462-470. doi:10.1007/s10826-009-9317-3 ...
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...such as “Shared governance, empowerment, Transformational leadership. All these words mean that the power should start from the bottom up, not from the top down. The purpose of this essay is to give a brief overview of the magnet model and how this model changes how an organization operates day to day. Overview of the Magnet Designation A Magnet hospital is one which is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) which is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Assosiation. (give credit). This organization complies and exemplifies the ideals of nursing service and care throughout the continuium of nursing. Most of these Magnet recognized hospitals go through a rigorous credentialing process. As aforementioned, Magnet facilities give power to the nursing staff and encourage them voice their concerns without fear of being reprimanded. A Magnet hospital begins with the vision to empower the staff in the organization in order to provide patient centered care and optimal outcomes. This model supports professional growth and encourages nurses to become certified in their field of practice (ANCC). In addition to the staff being optimally educated, nursing management must also have higher educational degrees and certifications in leadership roles. For example, anyone holding a position such as a nurse manager to a chief nursing officer must at least have a bachelor’s degree in nursing as of 2013 (ANCC). The chief nursing officer plays a key role in the...
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...with examples from your life. 2. In the “Analysis” column you will analyze if each of the five Leadership Characteristics a. are appropriate; b. should be removed from the list; c. or, new characteristics added to reflect a more accurate illustration of professional nursing leadership skills necessary to provide safe, effective nursing care in today’s healthcare environment. Please provide examples or rationales to support your analysis. NAME: COURSE-SECTION: DATE: Leadership Characteristics | Definition (in your own words) | Analysis | Empowerment | Empowerment is helping to enable and motivate others by allowing them to have some autonomy and responsibility over their choices. | Empowerment is an appropriate leadership characteristic for nurses. Being a nurse has several different roles and obligations. As a nurse, you work to empower your patients and help them to make the best choices for their particular situation and you also work to empower your fellow nurses and co-workers. By providing information and resources, you help others to feel part of the group and improve outcomes. Empowerment can also help others to feel as though they can make a difference and can provide hope. | Intuition | Intuition is sometimes described as a gut feeling. It can be a feeling or a thought that you may have and do not exactly know why. It can also be described as a hunch you just seem to know something...
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