Recruitment and retention of academic nurse educators (ANEs) is vitally important to ensuring an adequate supply of nurses. Nursing has become increasingly complex due to an aging population, technological advances, and an increased number of persons with chronic conditions. The faculty role is guided by core nurse educator competencies. Of these competencies, facilitation of learning and use of evidence- based teaching methods, are integral to effective teaching. Based upon the social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1977, 1986), the purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among teaching self-efficacy, psychological empowerment, and ANE use of empowering teaching behaviors. This descriptive correlational study surveyed academic nurse educators (ANEs) who taught in the classroom settings in the Fall 2018, intercession 2018/2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2019 or Fall 2019 semesters in a baccalaureate nursing program. Teaching self-efficacy was measured using an adapted version of the Michigan Nurse Educators Sense of Efficacy for Online Teaching Scale (MNESEOT) (Robinia, 2008), psychological empowerment was measured using the Psychological Empowerment Scale (PES) (Spreitzer, 1995), and empowering teaching behaviors was measured using Part II of the Status and Promotion of Professional Nursing Practice Questionnaire (SPPNPQ) (Carlson-Catalano, 1988. A researcher developed demographic survey was utilized to measure demographic characteristics. Participants were recruited from baccalaureate nursing programs accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) within the New England region. Results showed the use of empowering teaching behaviors and psychological empowerment collectively accounted for 43.3% of the variance seen in teaching self-efficacy. Both were significant predictors of teaching self-efficacy. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]