Case Assignment: Shared Governance Structure

Case Assignment: Shared Governance Structure

Case Assignment: Shared Governance Structure

Week 3 – Assignment 1 Discussion Discussion Question 1: Shared Governance Structure and the CNO During the 1980s, nursing and healthcare were suffering from challenges of an acute nursing shortage, rampant nurse turnover, and issues with nurse retention. In the mid-1980s, shared governance was instituted to incentivize and empower nurses. Shared governance is an innovative organizational model promoting staff control and autonomy over nursing practice in areas that were previously controlled by managers. The concept of shared governance may be a challenge to understand because it is not uniformly applied or operationalized and because of the great diversity in shared governance models. Nurses working in organizations with shared governance models are more empowered and have higher levels of satisfaction in their roles. Using the readings for the week, the South University Online Library, and the Internet, respond to the following: Compare the roles of the CNO and nursing directors or managers in a shared governance structure. What steps can the CNO take to enable smooth operations in such a structure? Identify two challenges CNOs face when working with a shared governance structure. Compare and contrast a model of shared governance with an authoritarian or autocratic CNO. Examine the role of the CNO in working to set parameters for nurses in a shared governance structure. Comment on the postings of at least two peers. Evaluation Criteria: Compared the roles of the CNO and nursing directors or managers in a shared governance structure. Listed steps the CNO can take to enable smooth operations in such a structure. Identified two challenges CNOs face when working with a shared governance structure. Compared and contrasted a model of shared governance with an authoritarian or autocratic CNO. Examined the role of the CNO in working to set parameters for nurses in a shared governance structure. Justified your answers with appropriate research and reasoning. Commented on the postings of at least two peers.