biostudies-literatureUnknown2025Wang X<b>Background:</b> To strengthen and motivate the nursing workforce, this study explored the relationship between nurses' self-efficacy, job embeddedness, and psychological empowerment, and how this relationship varied across three regions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China. <b>Methods:</b> A multicenter cross-sectional study surveyed 3806 nurses between March and July 2023 using the Sociodemographic Information Questionnaire, Self-Efficacy Scale, Job Embeddedness Scale, and Psychological Empowerment Scale. A directed acyclic graph was used to expose the minimum sufficient adjustment sets for the influence hypothesized model, which was used as a covariate in the model. Pearson correlation analysis, multiple linear regression, and mediation effect analysis were used Journal of nursing management6259635https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11999754biostudies-literatureNurses' Self-Efficacy, Job Embeddedness, and Psychological Empowerment: A Cross-Sectional Study.PMC11999754Deng RLi YJin XLiu MLeung AYMZhang JEWang XWang YDai HShang SfalseNurses' Self-Efficacy, Job Embeddedness, and Psychological Empowerment: A Cross-Sectional Study.<b>Background:</b> To strengthen and motivate the nursing workforce, this study explored the relationship between nurses' self-efficacy, job embeddedness, and psychological empowerment, and how this relationship varied across three regions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China. <b>Methods:</b> A multicenter cross-sectional study surveyed 3806 nurses between March and July 2023 using the Sociodemographic Information Questionnaire, Self-Efficacy Scale, Job Embeddedness Scale, and Psychological Empowerment Scale. A directed acyclic graph was used to expose the minimum sufficient adjustment sets for the influence hypothesized model, which was used as a covariate in the model. Pearson correlation analysis, multiple linear regression, and mediation effect analysis were used 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z20252025-07-03T03:06:13.835Z2025-07-03T03:06:13.835ZS-EPMC119997544023678510.1155/jonm/6259635