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Empowering versus enabling in academia.

K Espeland¹, L Shanta

¹North Dakota Board of Nursing, Bismarck, USA. espeland@btinet.net

The Journal of Nursing Education

|December 1, 2001

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Nurse educators should empower nursing students, not enable them. Understanding the difference between enabling and empowering is key to fostering essential nurse autonomy and improving healthcare systems.

Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Healthcare System Transformation
Professional Development

Background:

Empowered nurses are crucial for healthcare system change.
Nurse educators aim to empower students but often enable them instead.
Distinguishing between enabling and empowering behaviors is necessary.

Purpose of the Study:

To differentiate between enabling and empowering nursing students.
To present a model for comparing empowering versus enabling behaviors in academia.
To equip nurse educators with strategies to foster student empowerment.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis comparing enabling and empowering behaviors.
Utilizing a model based on collegiality, communication, accountability, and autonomy.

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Identifying behaviors that hinder student empowerment.

Main Results:

Enabling behaviors, though well-intentioned, can impede student development.
Empowerment requires fostering autonomy, accountability, and effective communication.
Specific strategies can be implemented to promote empowering behaviors.

Conclusions:

Nurse educators must shift from enabling to empowering practices.
Developing empowered nurses is vital for advancing the nursing profession and healthcare.
Implementing strategies for empowerment will enhance nursing education outcomes.