Creating a Culture of Shared Governance Begins with Developing the Nurse as Scholar

The relationship between shared governance and nursing scholarship is investigated with an emphasis on the connection between stages of scholarly development and nursing action in the evolution of professional practice models. The scholarly image of nursing is described and four critical stages of s...

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Published in:Creative nursing 2012-01, Vol.18 (4), p.160-167
Main Author: Donohue-Porter, Patricia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration, Management, and Leadership
Creativity
Decision Making, Organizational
Education, Nursing
Health Services Administration
Humans
Nursing
Nursing Research - education
Nursing Staff - organization & administration
Organizational Culture
Philosophers
Professional Issues and Trends
Professional practices
Reflection
Shared governance
Theorists
United States
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Summary:The relationship between shared governance and nursing scholarship is investigated with an emphasis on the connection between stages of scholarly development and nursing action in the evolution of professional practice models. The scholarly image of nursing is described and four critical stages of scholarship (scholarly inquiry, conscious reflection, persistent critique, and intellectual creation) are presented. The development of nursing scholars is described with emphasis on intellectual virtues as described by philosophers and values as described by nursing theorists that are foundational to this process. Shared governance is viewed holistically as a true scholarly process when these elements are in place and are used by nurses.
ISSN:1078-4535
1946-1895
DOI:10.1891/1078-4535.18.4.160