title: Amplifying nursing's voice through a staff-management partnership.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. mtonges@unch.unc.edu
authors.forename: Mary Crabtree
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tonges
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baloga-Altieri
authors.forename: Maurene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Atzori
mesh_terms: 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*