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The Effect of a Digital Board Game-Based Psychological Empowerment Program on Nurses' Psychological Empowerment Levels, Job Satisfaction, and Innovative Behaviors

Psychological empowerment is defined as nurses' perceptions of their professional roles as meaningful, their ability to effectively perform their duties, their level of participation in organizational decision-making processes, and their perceptions of their professional productivity. In occupational groups with high stress levels, such as nursing, psychological empowerment plays a crucial role in maintaining individual and organizational well-being. Research indicates that nurses' levels of psychological empowerment are moderate and that there is a need for enhancing interventions. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a digital board game-based psychological empowerment program on nurses' psychological empowerment levels, job satisfaction, and innovative behaviors. The research was designed with a pretest-posttest randomized controlled experimental design. The study sample will consist of nurses working in a university hospital. Participants will be selected according to specified inclusion and exclusion criteria, and data will be collected using a Personal Information Form, the Psychological Empowerment Scale, the Job Satisfaction Scale, and the Innovative Behavior Scale. The "digital board game-based psychological empowerment program" will be structured based on Kanter and Spreitzer's empowerment theories. The Ministry of Health's 2021 "Guide to Core Competencies in Nursing," the Psychological Empowerment Scale sub-dimensions, and studies on psychological empowerment in nursing in the literature will be considered in the preparation of the training content. The final version of the program will be completed following expert opinions. The program will consist of 6-week sessions. Each session is planned as two parts: (1) online empowerment training and (2) online group workshops. The group workshops will include topic-specific question-and-answer activities, group discussions, and digital board game applications appropriate to the session theme. Re-measurements (post-tests) will be conducted in the first and third months following the intervention. The control group will not receive any active intervention and will be subjected to the same assessment at the same time intervals as the intervention group. The control group will receive a booklet containing the training content at the end of the study. The data obtained will be analyzed using an independent samples t-test. The study results indicate a significant increase in nurses' psychological empowerment levels and an improvement in their job satisfaction and innovative behaviors in the intervention group. While numerous studies on the psychological empowerment of nurses exist in the literature, structured, long-term psychological empowerment programs and intervention studies are limited. The unique aspect of this study is the development and implementation of an innovative game-based intervention program to contribute to the psychological empowerment of nurses.