Shared Governance

AtlantiCare Shared Governance empowers nurses at all levels of the organization to work collaboratively in developing and implementing structures and processes that support shared decision-making through professional accountability and interprofessional relationships. This strives to foster a safe work environment and improve the quality of care and staff and customer satisfaction. Councils include:

Unit Based Nursing Forums

Unit based nursing forums provide a structure of shared decision-making for nurses, staff and leaders.  Nurses and the unit based healthcare team provide input regarding unit operations, clinical issues, and professional development opportunities. Unit nurses assist and lead innovations and improvements through analysis, design and implementation of processes, education, safety improvements, workflow design, staff and patient satisfaction and quality initiatives.