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Shari Kretzschmer1, Mandi Walker, John Myers
1Shari Kretzschmer, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, is Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, University of Louisville Hospital/James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky. Mandi Walker, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN, is Clinical Education Nursing Manager, Kentucky One Health, Louisville, Kentucky. John Myers, PhD, MPH, is Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Krista Vogt, is Undergraduate Research Scholar, School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. Jessica Massouda, BSN, RN, is Clinical Nurse, Interventional Radiology, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Deidra Gottbrath, BSN, RN, CCRN, is Clinical Nurse and Chair of Nursing Congress, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Melissa Pritchett, BSN, RN, OCN, is Clinical Nurse and Chair of Nursing Congress, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Reetta Stikes, MSN, RNC-NIC, CLC, is Nurse Educator, Center for Women & Infants, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. M. Cynthia Logsdon, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN, is Professor, School of Nursing, University of Louisville, and Associate Chief of Nursing for Research, University of Louisville Hospital/James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to test predictors of nursing empowerment and job satisfaction in nurses.
Background:
Nursing professional development leaders and Magnet® coordinators need foundational data on which to build interventions that will support and empower nurses on the journey toward American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet® designation.
Method:
Secondary data analysis methods were used.
Results:
Overall, nurses perceived that they had moderate empowerment and were satisfied with their jobs.
Conclusions:
Study results support predicted relationships and can be used to guide interventions for, and development of, nurses.
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