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Nursing
Healthcare Management
Organizational Psychology

Background:

Nurses' control over practice is a critical factor influencing the quality of nursing care.
Empowering nurses is essential for fostering effective teamwork at the point of care delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

To measure the relationship between nurses' control over practice and key dimensions of teamwork.
To investigate how control over practice influences team structure, leadership, situation monitoring, mutual support, and communication.

Main Methods:

Secondary analysis of 456 surveys from registered nurses.
Data collected from nurses within a five-hospital system.

Main Results:

A global measure of teamwork positively correlated with nurses' control over practice and nursing experience.
All five dimensions of teamwork were perceived more favorably by nurses with higher control over their practice.
Teamwork training showed an interaction effect with control over practice, particularly in situation monitoring.

Conclusions:

Nursing control over practice is positively associated with enhanced teamwork.
Future nursing education, policy, and research should consider the impact of control over practice on teamwork.
Further investigation is needed to explore control over practice as a moderator or mediator in effective teamwork.