Advocacy: Empowered Nurses Empowered nurses are usually engaged nurses

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Advocacy: Empowered Nurses

Empowered nurses are usually engaged nurses. Involvement with committees presents opportunities for the employee to effect decision-making within the facility. It is up to the leadership team to empower its employees by allowing them to be a part of that process. This empowerment helps engage staff by forming a "web of inclusion". (Wooten & Crane, 2003, p. 1) Staff now feels like they are part of the process instead of just given directives.

 There are even more compelling reasons to empower nurses. Powerless nurses are ineffective nurses. Powerless nurses are less satisfied with their jobs and more susceptible to burnout and depersonalization. If we empower nurses, this would cause a big change in healthcare and will produce better patient outcomes and deliver excellent nursing care.