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1Author Affiliation: Director of Nursing, Inpatient, Perinatal, and Emergency Services, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between nurse leaders' transformational leadership and clinical nurses' structural empowerment in non-Magnet® hospitals, and the differences in this correlation by Magnet status.
Background:
Nurse leaders' transformational leadership has been positively correlated to increased structural empowerment in clinical nurses, primarily in Magnet-designated hospitals and those pursuing Magnet designation.
Methods:
A descriptive correlational study design was used to investigate the study aim. Clinical nurses from 1 hospital system in the northeast were offered the opportunity to participate.
Results:
In non-Magnet hospitals, nurse leaders' transformational leadership behaviors were strongly correlated to clinical nurses' structural empowerment (r = 0.831, P < .001). No statistically significant differences were found in this correlation by Magnet status.
Conclusions:
Regardless of Magnet status, nurses experienced higher levels of structural empowerment when they perceived their nurse leaders' leadership behaviors as transformational in nature.
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