title: Developing a shared leadership model at the unit level.
abstract: As the nursing profession again faces a serious shortage, many are seeking ways to attract and retain talented people in the nursing profession. Creating both empowering and healthy work environments is a way to achieve this goal. Shared leadership is a nursing management model that supports staff nurses in extending their influence about decisions that affect their practice, work environment, professional development, and self-fulfillment. It is a way to strengthen continuous learning and enhance relationships, which are the foundation upon which nurses can develop a new type of relationship with management and with each other.
authors.affiliation: North Suburban Medical Center, Thornton, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D013192:Staff Development; D014481:United States