In Week 1, I learned that nursing theory is important for nurses and nurse practitioners. As one of our classmates, Martha, has mentioned, they're like pillars that create the foundation of nursing practice. Nursing theory can guide nurses to providing care for patients with quality and improvement in outcomes. This is also why we have to realize nursing is a practice profession, it is not just a verb, a doing of following doctors' orders, but it includes intuition and decision-making fro...

Shared governance in nursing describes how nursing staff and leadership come together to develop and implement decision-making processes and relationships within an organization. The development of this model is key to providing quality care, positive patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and nursing satisfaction. Having staff that is engaged in the decision-making process and have a vested interest in the process promotes a culture of excellence. A facility must address the differing needs wi...

NR 531 Week 7 Graded Discussion 1 Quality Control

NR 531 Week 4 Graded Discussion 2 Vision and the Organizational Structure

NR 531 Week 2 Graded Discussion 2 Mission & Vision Statements.

NR 531 Week 4 Graded Discussion 1 Theory Utilization in Management

NR 531 Graded Discussion 1 Quality Control

NR 531 Graded Discussion 1 Management of Influence, Power, and Conflict

NR 531 Week 7 Graded Discussion 1: Quality Control

NR 531 Week 4 Graded Discussion 2: Vision and the Organizational Structure