Who's on first? Shared governance in the role of nurse executive.
After the resignation of their vice president for patient care services, five motivated directors of nursing accepted the challenge of launching an innovative and unconventional approach to nursing management. Using a shared governance framework and a medical staff model, they jointly assumed responsibility for the vice president position of a 415-bed regional medical center by rotating through the position annually.
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Women's Services, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, TN.
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D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013714:Tennessee