Leadership to improve nurse engagement and empowerment: evidences to improve the training of nurses

• DOI: 10.1136/leader-2021-000537
• Publication Date: 2022-08-29T17:25:37Z
• Authors: Rosa García-Sierra; Fermín Martínez-Z...; Jordi Fernández-C...
• Keywords: Leadership; 03 medical and health sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Nurses; Staff Development; Nursing Staff, Hospital; 3. Good health

AimThe objective of this study was to identify the key dimensions of transformational leadership that influence the promotion of engagement and structural empowerment in a population of nurses from different care settings.MethodA cross-sectional survey study asking about engagement, leadership style and structural empowerment was used. Descriptive and correlational statistics were applied followed by hierarchical regression. 131 nurses were recruited from a Spanish health organisation using random sampling.ResultsIndividualised consideration and intellectual stimulation were predictors of structural empowerment in a hierarchical regression of transformational leadership dimensions controlled by demographic variables (R2=0.467). In addition, intellectual stimulation was a predictor of engagement (R2=0.176).ConclusionThe results are the starting point for the design of an organisationwide educational intervention to increase the engagement of nurses and staff development.