Participative leadership was first introduced in the late 1970s. It was adapted by health care organizations to form the basis of shared governance and has evolved to define the roles of nurses and resolve issues related to:
a. patient care.
b. nursing liability
c. nursing salaries.
d. nursing turnover.
Ans: a. patient care.
Explanation: Participative leadership—the notion of leaders turning to their team for input and ideas—was first introduced to the business world in the 1970s. It was adapted by health care organizations and nursing leaders in the early 1980s, and formed the basis of shared governance, which today has evolved to define the role of nurses as well as to resolve issues related to patient care (Gray, 2013).
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