TY - JOUR
T1 - Empowerment an essential ingredient in the clinical environment
T2 - A review of the literature
AU - Kennedy, Sara
AU - Hardiker, Nicholas
AU - Staniland, Karen
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - Empowerment is an important concept worthy of attention in healthcare. The merits of empowerment are irrefutable including benefits to the organisation and to the individual nurse. Empowered nurses contribute to the clinical learning environment in a positive way. There is a dearth of literature on how or indeed if nursing students are empowered. The process of empowering registered staff/nursing students is not clear. Ward environment and culture are important contributors to patient care, patient safety and staff well-being. It is therefore necessary to address how empowerment can contribute positively to improving the environment in which care is provided.
AB - Empowerment is an important concept worthy of attention in healthcare. The merits of empowerment are irrefutable including benefits to the organisation and to the individual nurse. Empowered nurses contribute to the clinical learning environment in a positive way. There is a dearth of literature on how or indeed if nursing students are empowered. The process of empowering registered staff/nursing students is not clear. Ward environment and culture are important contributors to patient care, patient safety and staff well-being. It is therefore necessary to address how empowerment can contribute positively to improving the environment in which care is provided.
KW - Empowerment
KW - Organisational empowerment
KW - Psychological empowerment
KW - Nursing students and empowerment
KW - Organisational benefits of empowerment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84923624748&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.11.014
DO - 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.11.014
M3 - Review article
VL - 35
SP - 487
EP - 492
JO - Nurse Education Today
JF - Nurse Education Today
SN - 0260-6917
IS - 3
ER -