Shared governance

1. Shared governance allows the individual to assume more authority and responsibility and be a part of an overall structure of self-management. 2. Major categories which need to be assessed in such a proposal include: budget, staffing, communications, quality assurance, education, statistics, and supplies, maintenance requirements. 3. Nurses involved with the proposal stated an increased sense of professionalism, increased job satisfaction and a greater understanding of hospital financing, legal and professional demands made upon the hospital by government, professional organizations and the community.