title: Professional nurse councils: a new model to create excitement and improve value and productivity.
abstract: Chief nurse executives and hospital administrators continue to debate the efficacy of empowering nurses through the structure of a nurse practice council. The author presents a new approach to a successful strategy to re-engineer an organization's nurse practice council that increases the value to the organization and creates excitement and energy in the staff with improved productivity.
authors.affiliation: William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. 13 Mile, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA. vgokenbach@beaumont.edu
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gokenbach
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011340:Problem Solving; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*