A Study to Assess the Nurse’s Perception on Job Empowerment at Selected Hospital, Coimbatore

A study was conducted to assess the nurse's perception towards job empowerment. Descriptive design was used to conduct the study. Twenty staff nurses were selected conveniently as samples. Nurse's perception on empowerment was assessed by using empowerment scale (1995) which consists of three aspects such as commitment domain, job related empowerment, psychological empowerment. The questionnaire was issued to the staff nurses and collected on consecutive days. Most of the participants had average level of perception towards various aspects of empowerment and there was positive correlation found between years of experience and perception of job empowerment.