Developing leaders at every level: accountability and empowerment actualized through shared governance.
The shortage of frontline nursing staff and their managers in acute care organizations necessitates strategies to both use and recognize the unique knowledge and skills of these individuals. The authors describe one organization's successful implementation of a shared decision-making structure that promotes an empowering work environment in which professional fulfillment and personal satisfaction can flourish. With support and opportunity, leaders are developed across all levels of nursing.
Moore
Shelley C
SC
Shared Governance Implementation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. shelley.moore@vanderbilt.edu
Hutchison
Sarah A
SA
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011209:Power, Psychological; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012944:Social Support; D013714:Tennessee; D035502:Trust