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Want to better understand shared governance and how to implement a successful program? Take a free online CE course. Click below to view new video of advisory board members, Barb Haag-Heitman and Vicki George, discussing peer review and shared governance. Start the new year out by reading the recently released second edition of advisory board member, Diana Swihart's book, Shared Governance: A Practical Approach to Transform Professional Nursing Practice, which includes a special chapter, Measure Your Process and Outcomes at the Point of Care, By Robert Hess. The Forum is constantly revising its list of SG Hospitals Online. York Hospital, York, PA and Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue, WA were just added. Send a request to determine your organization's eligibility for this prestigious, but free listing. The criteria is simple and straightforward. Want to find out if you have real shared governance? Join the 200 hospitals nationally and internationally that have surveyed their staff and managers with the IPNG. Got journey? Your organization is either on or off the bus with this one. Read what was published in last July's Journal of Nursing Administration from the 2010 National Survey of Registered Nurses about RNs reporting opportunities to participate in shared governance: 37% in Magnet hospitals, 32% in hospitals in process to become Magnet, and 16% in non-Magnet hospitals. Wondering about how to budget for and compensate officers in your shared governance organization? Read recommendations and experiences of the Forum's Advisory Board members at Advice From the Forum. Somebody telling you that shared decision-making, shared leadership, and shared governance are all the same? They're not. Read about the Confusion Among Consultants. Are some colleagues having difficulty joining the journey? Read what to do about Petulant Participants. Read Bob Hess's 17-year retrospective on the IPNG, Slicing and Dicing Shared Governance: In and Around the Numbers, in the July/September issue of Nursing Administrative Quarterly. The January 28, 2011 roundtable discussion between Robert Hess, representing nurse.com and Gannett Education; representatives from AOL Health, WebMD, and Medscape; and Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health & Human Services, is posted at The White House website. Tim Porter-O'Grady, EdD, DM, APRN, FAAN, interviews Robert Hess, PhD, RN, FAAN, as the Leader to Watch in AONE's Nurse Leader. Go to the following advisory board members' pages to hear video interviews about shared governance: Noreen Watson, duPont Hospital for Children; Gladys Mouro and Hera Tashjian, American University of Beirut Medical Center; Diana Swihart, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System; and Majeda Afeef, King Hussein Cancer Center. Shared Governance is an organizational innovation that gives healthcare professionals control over their practice and extends their influence into administrative areas previously controlled only by managers. Governance models will be evidence-based, because we're doing the research. Send us questions about shared governance or read an overview.
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