Shared governance in hospitals promotes the inclusion of nurses' expertise, knowledge and skills in organisational processes, and nurses increasingly fulfil positions in organisational hierarchies. However, incorporating nursing expertise in strategic governance structures might be complicated, as these structures are primarily linked to managerial and biomedical expertise. Drawing on a Foucauldian perspective on knowledge and power, intertwined and embedded in everyday (inter)actions, we study how newly appointed directors of nursing challenge these dominant 'modes of knowing'.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Intensive home treatment (IHT) is an intervention that provides intensive psychiatric (crisis) care in the home environment.
Aim: To formulate indication criteria for IHT in children and adolescents, to improve assessment and to reduce the time needed for triage.
Method: The Delphi method was used to assess the opinion of experts on the indication for IHT in children and adolescents.