title: Clinical nurses find a voice: how nursing practice councils succeeded at one hospital.
abstract: A not-for-profit community hospital created nursing practice councils, both hospital-wide and on individual units, giving clinical nurses the power to implement evidence-based practices.
authors.affiliation: Sharp Grossmont Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA. erickshe@cox.net
authors.forename: Sheila M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Balanay
authors.forename: Willa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fields
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*