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A 5 page paper assessing the decision aspect of the Stetler model of research analysis, which is use the findings; consider using the findings; delay using the findings; and reject the findings. The study assessed here addresses nurse empowerment, and the paper recommends using the findings. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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satisfaction and employee retention are topics of focus in virtually every industry in the country. In other industries, they are matters of strategy, continuity, greater efficiency and enhanced profitability.
The same applies to nursing, but these issues are greatly magnified in nursing as in no other segment of any other industry.
Job satisfaction is difficult to research, in part because so many definitions can apply. Kuokkenanen, et al. (2003) address this difficulty, and note that they found at least three
common factors: "factors inherent in the work environment ... professional factors ... and factors involved in patient care" (p. 185). The researchers arrive at findings common in other industries,
namely that employees can be satisfied with their jobs and committed to them without either possessing or feeling they possess empowerment. On the other hand, those who truly possess
empowerment are most likely to report being satisfied with their jobs and committed to them. These individuals, of course, are not those most likely to leave their chosen profession.
This is of great concern in todays nursing environment. The ongoing nursing shortage is intensifying as the profession fails to recruit and
train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - and therefore lacking empowerment - that they leave
the profession exacerbate the problems inherent in the shortage of nurses. Most practicing nurses contemplating leaving the profession do not actually leave it,
but Kuokkenanen, et al. (2003) observe that seeing leaving the field as an acceptable option is in itself an issue of concern. The researchers found that ongoing professional development
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