title: Using shared governance to empower nurses.
abstract: Service improvement is a key theme of nurse education and nurses are encouraged to continually improve care outcomes. However, in practice, nurses often lack time and support for continuous improvement. Amid a national shortage of nurses and midwives, as well as high turnovers of staff, shared governance offers a structure in which quality improvement is the main aim and career development is a benefit. This article explains the concept and outlines the benefits and barriers of such a structure.
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom