Trainig and working nurse performance: Part II The impact of empoweringon the performance of principal nurse

Abstract

This study describes working adminis-trative nurse personal performance in two hospitals in the state of Aguascalientes, México, and took into consideration educational level (technical or bachelor's degree), time of experience in charge, and the shift worked as three variables of potential confusion. The LAQ (Labor Ambience Questionnaire) was applied in order to explore administrative nurse personal performance within the laboral environment in the areas of confidence, support, job satisfaction, respect, and efficiency and selfimprovement attitudes. External performance criteria were included to observe the satisfactory discriminatory power of the instrument. We applied the LAQ to all subordinating nurse personnel of sixty-three administrative nurses at two hospitals during the three shifts. No significant differences were found in comparing the groups as to different degree programs, and no significant differences were found either in terms of in charge experience, technical or bachelor's degree level, and shift. The conclusions was that training courses for administrative nurses do not appear to influence nurse personal performance, because the working ambience of the institution reflected more closely the laboral conditions and influenced the uniformed performance.