Poder é um conceito central para o desenvolvimento profissional, sendo uma das características do processo de tomada de decisões, em conjunto com o recurso a um corpo único de conhecimentos. Através do processo de Empoderamento o profissional está apto a influenciar o outro sendo considerado um elemento chave nas organizações contemporâneas. Objetivos: Estudar a relação existente entre Empoderamento e Satisfação Profissional, numa primeira análise, do ponto de vista estrutural. Metodologia: Procedeu-se a uma revisão integrativa da literatura (2005-2011) de artigos das bases de dados Medline ® e CINAHL, de acordo com a metodologia PICOD. Resultados: Foram identificados 22 artigos, provenientes de contextos variados, sendo a maioria efetuados no continente americano (64%) e asiático (32%). Conclusão: Apesar desta diversidade, constata-se a clara relação expressa entre Empoderamento e Satisfação Profissional, sendo diretamente proporcionais. Salienta-se ainda a influência da idade, contexto de desempenho profissional, formação académica e qualificação profissional na percepção de Empoderamento. Dado, da nossa pesquisa, não ter sido possível localizar estudos conduzidos em Portugal, importa o desenvolvimento desta temática. Palabras clave: enfermería; empoderamiento; satisfacción en el trabajo; revisión. Context: Power is a central concept in professional development and one of the characteristics of the decision-making process, together with the use of a unique body of knowledge. Through the process of Empowerment, the professional is able to influence others, being considered a key aspect in contemporary organisations. Objectives: To study the relationship between Empowerment and Job Satisfaction, in a first analysis, from a structural perspective. Methodology: An integrative literature review was conducted of articles published in MEDLINE and CINAHL databases between 2005 and 2011, according to the PICOD methodology. Results: Twenty-two articles from different contexts were identified, of which most of them were conducted in America (64%) and Asia (32%). Conclusion: Despite this diversity, a clear and directly proportional association between Empowerment and Job Satisfaction was found. The perception of Empowerment is influenced by age, context of professional performance, and academic and professional qualifications. Our search retrieved no studies conducted in Portugal, thus it is important to further explore this issue..

Background: Professional empowerment in nursing is highly important in organizations due to its impact on the organizations themselves, patients, nurses, and the nursing discipline. However, our search revealed no instrument capable of measuring it which had been validated for Portuguese nurses. Objective: To translate, adapt and validate the Conditions of Work Effectiveness Questionnaire II (CWEQ-II). Methodology: Methodological study, with a process of translation and back-translation, using a stratified probability sample consisting of nurses from a Portuguese teaching hospital. Results: Six factors emerged factor analysis, explaining 72.925% of the total variance of the scales. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the factors was .85 (Opportunity), .86 (Information), .89 (Support), .797 (Resources), .81 (Formal Power) and .68 (Informal Power), and the overall value was .91. We obtained a reference value of 18.94 for structural empowerment, which is in line with other published studies. Conclusion: We translated, adapted and validated a version of the CWEQ-II for use in Portuguese nurses.

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Care delivery environments have a profound impact on nurses. The increasing demands for care and health responses expose nurses to numerous factors that may interfere with their productivity, health and well-being. According to data from the Portuguese Nursing Board (2019) [public association that regulates the nursing practice in Portugal, focusing on nursing professional discipline (Ordem dos Enfermeiros, 2015)], most of the registered nurses are female (82%), 59% are 40 years old or younger, and 25% are nurse specialists. Since