“…All of these proactive contributions help promote high‐quality services (e.g., effective care, patient safety, reduced waste and waiting time) and ensure patients' health and satisfaction (Martin et al, ). In addition, AC and autonomous motivation may contribute to other positive work outcomes, such as job performance (Meyer et al, ; Tourigny et al, ), which is an important outcome for nurses, as they seek to actively control adverse events affecting patient care (Ferreira, Dall'Agnol, & Porto, ).…”