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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.