Shared governance is a model of organizational structure in which staff nurses are:
a. employed to establish mutual goals with clients.
b. empowered through autonomy and ac-countability.
c. engaged in problem-solving strategies and techniques.
d. equipped with evaluative thinking me-thodologies.
B
Shared governance is a model of organizational structure in which staff nurses are empowered through autonomy and accountability.
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