Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] The Forum for Shared Governance, founded more than 20 years ago, is the only clearing house that identifies, promotes, and disseminates evidence-based information about shared governance within a professional governance continuum and through organizational innovations that empower nurses and other healthcare professionals.
The Forum believes that innovations, such as shared governance, that allow front-line professionals, managers, and patients to share control and influence together over practice and the resources that support it in healthcare organizations can enhance patient, professional, and organizational outcomes. The Forum further believes that staff and managers need ongoing support and education to effectively participate in the governance of their practice. [To read more, click View Resource.]
This resource is found in our Actionable Strategies for Health Organizations: Establishing Commitment & Shared Governance (Shared Governance).
