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Nurses' perception of power regarding their clinical role
Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz1, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta, Maria Fernanda Vita Pedrosa
1Escola de Enfermagem, Hospital Universitário da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. mtmllf@usp.br
Abstract:
This article reports on a study on nurses' perception of power regarding their clinical role before and after implementation of a nursing diagnosis classification. Sixty clinical nurses (average age=37.2+/-7.0 years) from a Brazilian teaching hospital answered the Power as Knowing Participation in Change Tool (PKPCT) before and after the implementation of a diagnosis classification. PKPCT has four domains and provides total and partial scores. Reliability coefficients ranged from 0.88 to 0.98. Total scores were not statistically different between assessments (p=0.21), although scores in the 'Involvement in Creating Change' domain were higher in the second assessment (p=0.04). Further studies providing sound evidence regarding the impact of nursing classification systems on nurses' power perception are needed to guide decisions on teaching and clinical practice.
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