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Promoting nurses' self-efficacy: a leadership strategy to improve practice
1University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor 48109, USA. mmanojlo@umich.edu
The Journal of Nursing Administration
|May 14, 2005
Summary
Structural empowerment influences professional nursing behaviors, with self-efficacy acting as a key mediator. Enhancing nurse self-efficacy, particularly under strong nursing leadership, can improve practice behaviors.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Self-efficacy for nursing practice is crucial for professional behaviors.
- A new theory posits that structural empowerment, nursing leadership, and self-efficacy interact to shape practice behaviors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the interplay between structural empowerment, nursing leadership, and self-efficacy.
- To determine if self-efficacy mediates professional nursing practice behaviors.
Main Methods:
- Nonexperimental survey design.
- Path analysis to examine direct and indirect relationships.
- Sobel's tests to assess mediation.
Main Results:
- Self-efficacy partially mediated the link between structural empowerment and professional practice.
- Mediation was significant with strong nursing leadership and in models without leadership.
Conclusions:
- Nurse managers should foster self-efficacy through strategies like role modeling and verbal persuasion.
- Improving self-efficacy is a viable pathway to enhance professional nursing practice behaviors.