Which type of governance allows all nurses within an organization to be involved in decision making related to their professional practice?
a. shared governance
b. program management
c. horizontal governance
d. vertical governance
a
a. Correct: Shared governance refers to an organizational structure where decision making is shared with staff.
b. Incorrect: Program management is a way of organizing health care organizations by groups of patients, rather than by departments with members of one professional group.
c. It does not relate to involving nurses in decision making.
d. Incorrect: Horizontal governance is not a type of governance.
e. Incorrect: Vertical governance is not a type of governance.
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