Effect of shared governance model in evaluating clinical nurses′ tructural empowerment / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To establish a nursing shared governance model and compare the difference of structural empowerment level between participants and non-participants. Methods Convenient sampling method was used and a total of 583 clinical nurses were investigated by structural empowerment questionnaire. Results Independent sample t test showed no difference in gender, age, and working years between observation group(228) and control group(355) (P>0.01); Pre-test showed no difference between two groups, after one year application, structural empowerment level showed significant difference between observation group (3.73 ± 0.66) and control group(3.10 ± 0.56) (t=3.624,P<0.01). Structural empowerment level increased in both groups(t=-3.482,-14.346, P<0.01). Conclusions Shared governance model is effective in evaluating nurses′structural empowerment level.