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December 11, 2025Nursing ReportsOpen Access

Structural Empowerment of Nurses in the Hospital Setting: A Cross-Sectional Study

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MRMarlene Patrícia RibeiroDSDiana SanchesSBSónia Cristina da Costa Barros

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Cross-sectional study finds perceptions of structural empowerment influence professional growth and quality of patient care among nurses.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore hospital nurses’ perceptions of their levels of structural empowerment.
  • Cross-sectional study design
  • Included 684 nurses from a Portuguese hospital
  • Used Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire II to gather data
  • Mean total score for structural empowerment was 18.74 (SD = 3.46)
  • Significant differences in perceptions between specialist nurses and general nurses (p = 0.0477)
  • Day and night shift nurses showed significant differences in perceptions (p < 0.0001)
  • Differences in structural empowerment scores observed between Generation Z and Generation Y nurses (p = 0.0018)
  • Findings suggest the need for promoting structural empowerment to improve nursing quality and development.

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Ribeiro et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69401b0d2d562116f28f727dhttps://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep15120444
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