Governance assessment and standardized training: An initiative foundational to transition to professional governance

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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Abstract

Shared governance is the structure through which nurses at all levels in an organization seek collaborative decision making. Recently the emergence and transition from shared governance to professional governance has become prevalent in literature. With this transition, nurses go beyond participation in their practice to ownership, accountability, and authority. The evaluation of established shared governance structures, membership, and activities using the Council Health Survey was an initial step to determine the current state of governance at a quaternary medical center within the Midwest United States. Clinical nurse shared governance site council chairs led a pre-post project that assessed the effectiveness of the current structure of shared governance and implementation of a standardized orientation for new or interested members. Results demonstrated a stable shared governance process with future opportunities to build upon strengths with transition to professional governance.

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