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Testing a work empowerment-work relationship model to explain expertise in experienced acute care nurses
Joan Roche1, Deborah Morsi, Genevieve E Chandler
1School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, MA 01003, USA. jproche@nursing.umass.edu
Objective:
This study tested the ability of work relationships and work empowerment to predict nursing expertise in experienced acute care nurses.
Background:
With high patient acuity, constant system changes, and multiple changing members of the healthcare team, expert nurses are increasingly important to ensure positive patient outcomes in acute care settings.
Method:
This study was an exploratory, predictive correlational design with a stratified random sample of 115 staff nurses from a large tertiary care center. Data were collected on work empowerment, work relationships, and nursing expertise.
Results:
A modified study model was supported in this sample of acute care nurses (R = 0.258, P = .000) and explained 26% of nurses' reported expertise.
Conclusion:
Work relationships explained the largest portion of the variance in nurses' reported expertise (16%), more than experience in the specialty (9%) with an indirect link between work empowerment and nursing expertise.
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