Amplifying nursing's voice through a staff-management partnership.
Recommendations to decrease the nursing shortage often identify the need to strengthen nurses' autonomy and control in hospitals but do not describe specific mechanisms to accomplish this goal. The Nurse Practices Committee provides a forum for staff nurses and nurse executives at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital to jointly make decisions about resource allocation. Committee members agree that this work has strengthened relationships by fostering mutual understanding, respect, and trust. As a result, nursing management and staff partners can advocate for patients and nurses with a single, more powerful voice.
Tonges
Mary Crabtree
MC
University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. mtonges@unch.unc.edu
Baloga-Altieri
Bonnie
B
Atzori
Maurene
M
D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009515:New Jersey; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000458:organization & administration*