Put Shared Governance Into Practice At the Unit Level
Strategies for Running Effective Meetings
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by: Shared Governance: A Practical Approach to Transform Professional Nursing Practice, Second Edition
Presented on November 10, 2011
Put your shared governance (SG) model into practice at the unit level
Build and manage unit-practice councils that get things done with the best practices shared in this 90-minute audio conference. Shared governance is difficult to put into practice and too many organizations find momentum grinds to a halt once the real work begins on units. Shared governance expert author Diana Swihart, PhD, DMin, MSN, CS, RN-BC, and experienced Shared Governance practitioner Solimar Figueroa, MSN, MHA, BSN, RN, answer the common questions, including what are councils supposed to do, who should attend, and how can we get anything done? They provide strategies and tools for effective unit councils that will help turn shared governance into a functioning system that sees results.
Benefits:
- Build effective unit-level shared governance councils using techniques from successful programs
- Get useful tips to ensure the right people are on your councils and everyone understands their roles
- Gain best practices to make positive strides in process improvement through shared governance without sacrificing patient care
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
- State three strategies for implementing and managing a unit-level shared governance council
- Describe the difference between a staff meeting and a unit-level council meeting
- Identify three topics for discussion usually addressed at unit-level council meetings
- Identify the six domains used to measure and assess outcomes that help determine establishment of a successful shared governance unit-level council
- Describe two other methods for assessing the successful shared governance of a unit-level council
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA
- Putting your shared governance model into practice at the unit level
- Building effective unit-level councils
- What are you supposed to do in a unit-level shared governance council?
- Difference between staff meetings and unit-level council meetings
- Discussion points for meetings
- Tools to facilitate meetings (e.g., discussion tool; sample agenda)
- Strategies for effective communication
- Adding the right people: Who should attend unit-level SG council meetings?
- Interprofessional partners: who to invite and delineating roles
- Interdisciplinary team members: who to invite and delineating roles
- Managers/supervisors: how long they should attend and what they should do
- Staff members: Who to invite and how to assign roles
- Maximizing unit-council meetings without compromising unit quality
- Balancing patient care and assignments with staff meetings and unit-council meetings
- Time management (organization, prioritization, delegation) and team building
- Negotiation with peers
- Time commitment and support from leadership (e.g., managers and charge nurses)
- Measuring and assessing outcomes to ensure continuous process improvement through shared governance at the unit level
- Index of Professional Nursing Governance (IPNG) created by Robert Hess, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Performance improvement
- Peer engagement
- Question & Answer Session
BONUS TOOLS INCLUDED IN YOUR MATERIALS PACKET:
In addition to the expertise presented during this audio conference, you’ll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials, including:
- Sample IPNG survey
- Tips & tools from HCPro Shared Governance, Second Edition
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Diana Swihart, PhD, DMin, MSN, CS, RN-BC, is a regional nurse at the Denver Office of Clinical Consultation and Compliance, Veterans Health Administration. She has served multiple terms both as an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® appraiser and as Treasurer for the National Nursing Staff Development Organization. She is currently an ANCC accreditation commissioner. She provided operational leadership for the shared governance processes for the Bay Pines VA in Bay Pines, FL, and served as a liaison to help facilitate the application of evidence-based practice and nursing research. She is the author of the first and second editions of Shared Governance: A Practical Approach to Transform Professional Nursing Practice.
Solimar Figueroa, MSN, MHA, BSN, RN,is the co-chair and acting treasurer of the National Preceptor Steering Committee (NPSC); and has 32 years of experience in healthcare including administration, nursing education, and as direct care provider in the operating room. She currently serves as an ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® appraiser for continuing nursing education. Her professional practice had travelled across the continent from the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Michigan, and Florida. Currently, she is facilitating the cultural shift of her organization’s competency assessment through a unit based competency approach utilizing the unit practice council/shared governance.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Nurse managers and clinical managers, chief nursing officers, directors of nursing, VPs of nursing, VPs of patient care services, directors of education, staff development specialists, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®* coordinators/directors, clinical nurse specialists, quality improvement coordinator
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Purchase a CD or an audio on-demand of the audio conference and listen when you can. It’s also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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