Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between nurse leaders' transformational leadership and clinical nurses' structural empowerment in non-Magnet® hospitals, and the differences in this correlation by Magnet status. Nurse leaders' transformational leadership has been positively correlated to increased structural empowerment in clinical nurses, primarily in Magnet-designated hospitals and those pursuing Magnet designation. A descriptive correlational study design was used to investigate the study aim. Clinical nurses from 1 hospital system in the northeast were offered the opportunity to participate. In non-Magnet hospitals, nurse leaders' transformational leadership behaviors were strongly correlated to clinical nurses' structural empowerment (r = 0.831, P < .001). No statistically significant differences were found in this correlation by Magnet status. Regardless of Magnet status, nurses experienced higher levels of structural empowerment when they perceived their nurse leaders' leadership behaviors as transformational in nature.
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