Shared Governance Manual- NEED IT!

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I have gone foward in my hospital and made a proposal to introduce shared governance and unit councils. We already have Nursing Pracitce Council, Professional Practice Council, etc. The idea has been approved and now I need info!

I am in great need of information and find it hard to come by.

# 1. I need the manual for implementation by Tim Porter-O'Grady- published in 1992 by Mosby- but it IS OUT OF PRINT!! If anyone has one... I would be happy to somehow arrange purchase or if someone knows how I can get one........it would be greatly appreciated.

#2. The UP of Nursing would like some pre and post testing of the workforce. The implementation would be in an ICU setting with 140 RN's and this is a trial. For funding purposes we need to somehow measure workplace satisfaction...pre and post implementation. Can anyone recommend a tool for such measurement?

# 3. I would appreciated any input from those who have experienced this.... how did it work/how did you feel about it/changes it made..good and bad.

I have lots of articles....... and I have just finished a paper regarding the shared governance and unit council topics but I need some hard core advice and a copy of that manual. THanks All!!

JMP

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Can anyone share their experiences with shared governance.....good bad or neutral????

Problems, low points.....rough roads?

Good ideas? Information sharing?

Anything is welcomed............jmp

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Specializes in Nursing Education.

Perhaps this will help. We are in the process of developing our self governence program and we also have been doing some research. See if this link provides you with some reasonable information. Good luck.

http://www.aorn.org/journal/homestudy/sept04b.pdf

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Thank you so much I am downloading and printing right away.

UOTE=RNPATL]Perhaps this will help. We are in the process of developing our self governence program and we also have been doing some research. See if this link provides you with some reasonable information. Good luck.

http://www.aorn.org/journal/homestudy/sept04b.pdf

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Specializes in Everything but psych!.

Try checking this out. Maybe you could get some suggestions from the local hospital that uses shared governance.

http://www.aurorahealthcare.org/jobs/hotjobs/nursing/advantages.asp

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