Table 2.

Spearman correlations between qualities of an empowered nurse and nurse competence (n = 318, range 1–5; 1 = least, 5 = most)

Empowerment	Competence (NCS)
Categories (QEN)	Correlation	Significance
Moral principles	0.214	<0.001
Personal integrity	0.358	<0.001
Expertise	0.481	<0.001
Future-orientedness	0.449	<0.001
Sociability	0.345	<0.001
All categories	0.482	<0.001