The Role of Participation in and Effectiveness of Shared Governance Councils in the Nurses' Perception of a Professional Practice Work Environment.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to identify the differences in nurses' perceptions of their professional practice work environment (PPWE) related to their participation in shared governance (SG) councils and to examine the perception of effectiveness of SG councils among nurses who participate in them.

Background: Research suggests that adopting SG in nursing can lead to significant, positive outcomes, such as patient and nurse satisfaction and enhanced nurse empowerment, engagement, and a PPWE.

Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design in a Magnet®-designated urban Jordanian cancer care hospital.

Professional governance in Finnish nursing - measured by the Index of Professional Nursing Governance.

Aim: To translate and validate the Index of Professional Nursing Governance (IPNG) 2.0 and assess the state of professional nursing governance in Finland.

Background: Raising and maintaining quality of care while retaining staff are common problems in healthcare globally.

Shared Governance During a Pandemic.

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck US hospitals in early 2020, many nurse leaders went into crisis mode management. As the pandemic ensued, shared governance endured at hospitals with well-established models, even without council meetings. At other hospitals, clinical nurses began to wonder what happened to shared governance.

Measuring Council Health to Transform Shared Governance Processes and Practice.

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a valid, reliable instrument to measure the effectiveness of shared governance councils BACKGROUND: The work of shared governance, that is, the decisions, takes place in its structures, notably, the councils. A literature search yielded no formal instrument for evaluating how these councils function.

Methods: A 4-phase process was used to generate valid items to measure shared governance council effectiveness, including content validity by experts, a pilot for feasibility, a larger pilot for internal consistency, and an exploratory factor analysis to delineate a final instrument.

Improving End-of-Life Communications Using Technology-Assisted Continuing Education With Interprofessional Teams.

Registered nurses and social workers may have little experience engaging in end-of-life discussions. Technology-assisted continuing education (TACE) improves interprofessionals' capability and comfort with these difficult discussions. This study measured the impact of TACE on improving the capability and comfort of caregivers with end-of-life communication.

Enhancing and Advancing Shared Governance Through a Targeted Decision-Making Redesign.

Objective: The study aim was to determine if a targeted redesign of shared decision making improved shared governance (SG).

Background: Nursing SG is collaborative decision making between nurses at every level; it improves quality of care, empowers nurses, and enhances nurse satisfaction.

Methods: Using a quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest design, researchers electronically distributed the Index of Professional Nursing Governance (IPNG) to an inclusive, convenience sample of RNs in a Magnet®-designated 377-bed community medical center.

Professional nursing governance in a large Australian health service.

Background: Professional nursing governance refers to the processes and structures that influence nursing practice within an organisation. This study measured the effect of structured meeting communication processes on nurses' perceptions of professional governance.

Method: The intervention was implemented in eight hospital wards.

Slicing and dicing shared governance: in and around the numbers.

Hospitals seeking Magnet status must demonstrate empowering structures and processes that involve nurses in governance and decision-making about their practice. Shared governance--an organizational innovation that legitimizes health care professionals' decision-making control over their practice, while extending their influence to administrative areas previously controlled by managers--can achieve this. However, evidence connecting shared governance with clinical, professional, and organizational outcomes has been sparse.

From bedside to boardroom - nursing shared governance.

A brand-new nursing shortage is revitalizing shared governance. This innovative organizational model gives staff nurses control over their practice and can extend their influence into administrative areas previously controlled only by managers. But nursing shared governance is hard to define.