| Creativity is essential to nursing practice and occurs daily through interactions with patients, families, and members of the multidisciplinary team. Creativity requires internal motivation and a nurturing environment in order to occur (Fasnacht, 2003). Historically, nursing service has been delivered within a bureaucracy where conformity and regimentation support the efficiency of the delivery system. This suppresses employee creativity. Studies have shown that work environments in hospitals that have achieved American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet designation support empowerment and autonomy. Attributes such as effective leadership, autonomy, and collaborative relationships have been associated with nurse retention and satisfaction. Using the Situational Outlook Questionnaire, a non-experimental, cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study was done to compare the perceived organizational support for creativity and risk taking between nurses working in a Magnet hospital and a non-Magnet hospital. Data was evaluated using student t-tests for each climate dimension. |
