Creating a culture of service excellence: Empowering nurses within the shared governance councilor model

Health Care Manager

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-266

  Force, Mary VanOyen ^a  

^a Delnor Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Differentiated practice; Nursing; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 16644383842     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200407000-00010     Document Type: Article

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