Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Shared Governance: A Practical Approach to Transforming Interprofessional Healthcare, Fourth Edition by Diana Swihart, PhD, DMin, MSN, APN CS, RN-BC, FAAN and ...

Shared governance is a dynamic employee-leader partnership that promotes collaboration, shared decision making and accountability for improving quality of care, safety, and enhancing work life.

Use the principles of shared governance to create an environment that empowers nurses to practice at their full potential and supports their professional development. For nurse managers who genuinely ...

Value-based payment (VBP) aims to transform healthcare by incentivizing providers to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs through better care coordination, preventive strategies, and increased ...

The ANCC Magnet Recognition Program recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practices. Earning the Magnet designation ...

Faculty influence in institution-level decision making declined in recent decades while faculty say in “local” decisions, such as those involving program curricula and personnel, increased. These are ...

At a recent conference of college administrators, several of us had an impromptu discussion over lunch about the meaning of “shared governance.” The consensus? That term is often invoked but much ...

When I write about tenure, one of the most common defenses I get is tenure’s necessity for institutional “shared governance.” As commenter “pquincy” put it when responding to a recent post, “Without ...