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Description:
This Nursing Management Institute course presents concepts and principles central to a structure of shared governance. The material is more practical than theoretical, to facilitate the application to professional nursing practice. Communication, participation, respect, and trust are examples of familiar concepts woven among the new concepts encountered throughout this course.

You may earn a Certificate in Nursing Management by completing 10 NMI courses.

Learning Objectives:
- Provide flexibility in managing healthcare in the 21st century
- Describe shared governance differs from participatory management
- Explain differences between accountability and responsibility
- Contrast characteristics of centralized and decentralized organizations
- Differentiate between job description and role description.

Author(s):
Tim Porter-O’Grady, Author
Tim Porter-O’Grady has been involved in health care for 38 years and has held roles from staff nurse to senior executive in a variety of health care settings. Tim is currently senior partner of an international healthcare consulting firm in Atlanta. He is associate professor and leadership scholar at Arizona State University, Program in Healthcare Innovation; 2008-2009 Visiting Scholar at University of Maryland, and is an adjunct professor at Lakehead University, School of Public Health, Ontario, Canada.

Linda August Vrooman, RN, BSN, CNOR
HealthSouth Surgery Center

Target Audience:
Nurses

Length: 2 Hours

Credit Type(s): 0.2 CEU, 2.0 Contact Hours, 2 CNE Contact Hours

Cost: $25.00