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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Health Care Management
  • Sociology of Health

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  • Nurses possess unique expertise crucial for health care transformation and organizational governance.
  • Despite advocacy from major organizations, nurses are underrepresented in voting board member positions.
  • Excluding nurses from board leadership limits the integration of nursing knowledge in healthcare decision-making and social justice initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose feminism as a philosophical framework for nurses serving on organizational boards.
  • To enhance the nursing literature by providing a theoretical foundation for nurse board leadership.
  • To support the expanding roles of nurses in healthcare transformation, policy development, and social justice.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of feminist philosophy.
  • Literature review on nurse leadership and board governance.
  • Synthesis of feminist principles with the role of nurses in healthcare settings.

Main Results:

  • Feminism offers a robust philosophical framework to guide nurses in board governance roles.
  • This framework can inform new theory development related to nursing leadership and influence.
  • It validates and supports the advancement of the nursing profession in leadership capacities.

Conclusions:

  • Adopting a feminist framework empowers nurses to contribute effectively to health care transformation and social justice.
  • This approach strengthens the theoretical underpinnings for nurse participation in organizational governance.
  • It advocates for greater inclusion of nurses in decision-making roles to leverage their expertise for improved health outcomes.