Is governance being shared?
Chief nurse executives from acute care general hospitals selected the "most professional/innovative" nursing unit in their institutions and indicated which level in the nursing hierarchy was responsible for selected activities and decisions about the content and context of practice on that unit. Responses from 220 executives raise interesting issues regarding the sharing of governance between administrators and staff registered nurses.
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Nursing Administration Graduate Program, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC.
D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States