A nurse works in the critical care unit (CCU). She enjoys being on the unit charge nurse team, the recruitment and retention team, and the peer evaluation team. The recruitment and retention team is responsible for hiring new employees into the CCU
The five-member team, consisting of three registered nurses (RNs), a unit clerk, and a nurse's aide, conduct the interviewing process with key questions that were developed by the team. This is an example of: a. centralized power.
b. shared governance.
c. span of control.
d. vertical authority.
B
Shared governance is a vehicle through which nurses actively engage in making decisions re-garding nursing practice, quality of patient care, education, nursing peer issues, and issues in the work environment.
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