Shared Governance and Work Engagement in Emergency Nurses

Lack of work engagement in emergency nurses has been linked to increased job turnover, burnout, and lack of job satisfaction. Shared governance is a vehicle that can be used by emergency nursing leaders to increase work engagement among emergency nurses. Research is lacking about the relationship be...

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Published in:Journal of emergency nursing 2016-07, Vol.42 (4), p.325-330
Main Authors: Siller, Jennifer, Dolansky, Mary A., Clavelle, Joanne T., Fitzpatrick, Joyce J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident and emergency departments
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Burnout
Decision making
Deviation
Emergency medical care
Emergency nurses
Emergency Nursing
Empowerment
Female
Governance
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Leadership
Male
Nursing
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Patient safety
Perceptions
Power, Psychological
Questionnaires
Shared governance
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turnover
Work
Work engagement
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Summary:Lack of work engagement in emergency nurses has been linked to increased job turnover, burnout, and lack of job satisfaction. Shared governance is a vehicle that can be used by emergency nursing leaders to increase work engagement among emergency nurses. Research is lacking about the relationship between perceptions of shared governance and work engagement in emergency nurses. In this study we examined the relationship between ED nurses’ perceptions of shared governance and work engagement. A descriptive correlation design was used with a convenience sample of 43 emergency nurses recruited through the ENA Web site. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the Index of Professional Nursing Governance Tool, and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale. The mean total work engagement score indicated average engagement (M = 4.4, standard deviation = 1.2). A significant positive relationship was found between shared governance and work engagement, indicating that as perceptions of shared governance increase, work engagement increases (r (41) = 0.62, P < .001). The study provides beginning evidence on the relationship of shared governance and work engagement in emergency nurses. Understanding the relationship between perceptions of shared governance and work engagement in emergency nurses may assist emergency nursing leaders in developing and testing interventions to enhance it.
ISSN:0099-1767
1527-2966
DOI:10.1016/j.jen.2016.01.002