1. Empowerment

2. Empowerment of Staff
At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
State why staff need to be empowered.
Define power and empowerment.
Verbalize 2 items that give them empowerment.

3. Powerless staff are ineffective staff

4. Powerless staff are less satisfied with their jobs and more susceptible to burnout and depersonalization

5. Lack of staff power may also contribute to unfavorable patient outcomes.

6. What is empower? To authorize, especially by legal or official means
To enable or permit
To promote self-actualization

7. What is Empowerment?
The management practice of sharing information, rewards, and power with employees so that they can take initiative and make decisions to solve problems and improve service and performance.

8. What is the basis of empowerment?
Empowerment is based on the idea that giving employees skills, resources, authority, opportunity, motivation, as well holding them responsible and accountable for outcomes of their actions, will contribute to their competence and satisfaction.

9. When you are empowered…
Job successfully completed
Know how to mobilize resources
Get and use whatever it is that a person needs for the goals they are attempting to make
Allows for assertive behavior

10. Are you Empowered?
CNA
LVN RN RT
EVS

11. What gives in Empowerment?
License
Training
Experience
Competencies

12. Maintaining Power Continuing Education
Keeping up to date on all policies and procedures
Reading job related materials
Following CHSB Policies and Procedures
Keeping involved in your area

13. Your Knowledge Gives you the freedom to act on what one knows
Gives you the power to act
Can not be taken away from you
You know what you know you know
Ever growing – forever learning

14. Thank You