Nurse Aide Empowerment Strategies and Staff Stability: Effects on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes
Journal Article
June 1, 2005
This study examines staff empowerment as a strategy that can be used by nursing home administrators to support direct care staff and improve the quality of care for residents. The study suggests that nursing home administrators should use a lateral decision-making structure that gives nurse aides more decision-making authority to influence the physical and psychological health of consumers.