Managers Influence on the Professional Practice Environment
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2015-05
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The Ohio State University
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Healthcare is challenged to reinvent itself to be quality driven, fiscally sound and evidence- based, while its workforce is aging and the population of baby-boomers needing care, is growing. A positive professional practice environment is vital to assure safety of patients and staff, improve professional staff recruitment and retention, and sustain an organization’s financial viability. Managers are reported as the single greatest influence on the professional practice environment. The purpose of this project was to examine the perceived influence of nurse managers on the professional practice environment before and two months after a two-day leadership course. Although there were no statistically significant results, small effect sizes in three of the six subscales of the Leaders Influences on the Professional Practice Scale (LIPPES) suggest that: 1) the program participant’s expectations of their clinical staff changed after exploring the future of healthcare, organizational climate and participative management styles; and 2) the course raised awareness of how leaders need to make a greater impact on the organization. The LAPP program contributes to developing nursing and healthcare leadership so that they better influence Professional Practice Environment (PPE).
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healthy work environment, professional practice environment, workplace culture, influence, nursing leadership