Nursing Council Structure in Nursing Governance
Professional
What Councils do
Practice/Decisions
100

Beside nurses and frontline team members from a specific unit

What is a unit-based council?

100

specialized, formal knowledge

What is a characteristic of a professional?

100

Provide strategic direction  and remove barriers

What is the executive council?

100

Makes sure the whole hospital is aligned, not just one unit

What is a Hospital council?

200

Council leaders and nursing executives

What is an Executive council?

200

Autonomy in practice and commitment to public serve

What is a characteristic of a professional

200

Review unit-level ideas and concerns and align practice within the hospital

What is the Hospital Council?

200

Where practice realities live, If it happens at the beside, it starts, here

what is the Unit-based council?

300

Representative from each hospital/entity

what is a system councils?

300

Accountability of one's work and standardized entry requirements like licensing and certifications

What is a key trait of a professional?

300

Decide what can be implemented locally and identify issues that need system-level review

What is the Hospital Council?

300

Ensures nursing decisions are supported, resourced and sustainable

What is the Executive Council?

400

Representatives from unit councils

What is Hospital Council?

400

A requirement for continuous learning and professional development

What is a key trait of a professional?

400

Ensures equity and consistency across sites and recommend system-wide changes

what is the System Council?

400

Prevents each hospital from reinventing the wheel and ensures one standard of nursing excellence

What is the System Council?

500

Identify practice issues and opportunities and share what's working and what isn't

What is a Unit-Based council?

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