title: Living the dream. Shared governance in the role of nurse executive.
abstract: After one year of jointly assuming the responsibility for the Vice President's position of a 415-bed regional medical center, the directors of nursing analyzed the reality of living the dream. The authors discuss the personal issues of power and the joys and sorrows of group problem solving and decision making through shared governance, and present reactions from various levels of hospital personnel to this innovative and unconventional approach to nursing management.
authors.affiliation: Patient Care Services, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, TN.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Totten
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D013714:Tennessee