[The empowerment of nurses in health services--a conceptual framework]

In a study of the empowerment of nurses in health services the conceptual framework served as departure in a survey of empowerment in health services in Gauteng. The aim with this part of the research methodology and the development of the conceptual framework was mainly to determine if theorists in the literature agree about the interpretation of the concept empowerment and the concepts underlined in the descriptions and definitions of the term "empowerment".