Revitalizing a departmental committee

Committees are vital and as such should be evaluated regularly for congruence with organizational mission and contribution to outcomes. The authors present an approach to revitalizing a committee, using the nursing education committee as an exemplar. Phases used in achieving this revitalization are: evaluating the congruence of the existing committee with the organizational strategic plan, addressing gaps between existing committee functions and the organizational plan, soliciting support for the new committee direction, and evaluating the new committee direction.