Shared Governance

Shared Governance

Attend a committee meeting in your health care organization. If you are not currently employed in a health care setting, you may elect to attend a committee meeting at another company, a community center, a local school, local chamber of commerce or other professional organization.

Observe the interactions between committee members and the process used by the committee to arrive at decisions.

In 500-750 words, describe the function of the committee and the roles of those in attendance. Describe your observations of the interactions between members of the committee and determine whether the process used to arrive at decisions is a form of shared governance.  Please include if you felt the meeting used shared governance or not.

A minimum of two academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment. Source must be published within the last 5 years and and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Committee Review

I.               Introduction of the committee

II.             Function of the committee

A.            Roles of those in attendance

III.           Describe your observation of the interactions between members of the committee.

IV.            Do you believe the meeting used shared governance or not?

Simple conclusion.