What is the basic tenet of "shared governance"?
A) It allows nursing staff and management to be involved in decision-making.
B) It establishes the control of the institution over the actions of the nursing staff.
C) It allows the administrative decision area to be controlled by management.
D) It supports the traditional role of the supervisor as one who hires, evaluates, promotes, and
fires.
Ans: A
Shared governance may be viewed as a system in which nurses have organizational
autonomy as reflected in control over their practice, and have input into decision relating to
patient care. It is a professional practice model in which both the nursing staff and the nursing
management are involved in decision-making, as opposed to the administrative decision area
being controlled by management. In this way, it is an alternative to traditional supervision
models and hierarchies.
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