POWER, FREEDOM &amp; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN NURSING

Ashley, Jo Ann

doi:10.1097/00006247-197501000-00011

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“…The literature would suggest (Ferguson‐Pare 1998, Roberts 2000, Farrell 2001) that these nurses are demonstrating oppressed group behaviours. Historically, the literature has supported that, as a professional group, nursing has been oppressed by hospitals, physicians and administrators (Ashley 1975, Reverby 1987, Brown & Seddon 1996, Kuokkanen & Leino‐Kilpi 2000, Farrell 2001, Griffin 2001, Trossman 2003).…”

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“…The Theory of Group Power within Organizations (Sieloff 1995, 1999) was initially developed to explain observations of nursing departments’ apparent lack of power within health care organizations. At that time, a review of the literature illustrated that nursing publications focused on nursing's lack of power, or nursing's inability to utilize the power the profession should have (Ashley 1975, Fried 1989). Heineken and Wozniak (1988) identified that the absence of a power base had ‘been the singularly most limiting force in preventing the [nursing] profession from achieving its overall potential’ (p. 591).…”

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Leadership behaviours that foster nursing group power

Sieloff

2004

J Nurs Manag

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Today's health care environment presents many challenges to nursing groups as they seek to achieve their goals. All resources must be recognized and effectively utilized. Power, defined as the capacity to achieve goals (Sieloff 1995), is a valuable resource that can assist nursing groups in the achievement of their goals. The leader of a nursing group can make a significant difference in a group's ability to actualize their power capacity. The purpose of this article is to identify and discuss the use of a tool (Sieloff-King Assessment of Group Power within Organizations) to identify the nurse leader/group power variables that can be used to improve a nursing group's power as a resource in the achievement of its goals. Using behaviours related to a Nurse Leader's Power Competency and Power Perspective variables, identified in the Theory of Group Power within Organizations (Sieloff 1999), a nurse leader can foster a nursing group's power.

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