Implementing Shared Governance: Creating a Professional Organization
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Rating | : | 4.55 (535 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0801663180 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Shared governance is an approach to restructuring nursing departments to improve staff commitment, autonomy, effectiveness and productivity. "Implementing Shared Governance" provides an innovative and practical discussion of the most successful models of shared governance. As an organizational model, shared governance is gaining popularity among nursing administrators and staff nurses alike. It focuses on the application of models in practice and presents well-structured and validated approaches to implementing shared governance. Features of the book include: the conceptual basis of shared governance and the issues and trends which led to its development and use; an explanation of the different nursing roles in shared governance; strategies for effectively managing the change to shared governance; a description of how differentiated practice can be incorporated into shared governance; and the impact of collective bargaining and labour laws on the implementation of shared governance etc.
"Five Stars" according to Marsha Parker. An old, but still valuable resource for anyone in Shared Governance start up.