Integrating Lean with shared governance.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2018

Identifier

DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000544460.58581.c6

Abstract

Shared governance, or shared decision-making, is an important part of empowering nurses to take ownership of their practice. Lean is an approach to healthcare delivery that improves efficiency, eliminates waste, and delivers value to our patients and families. One of its foundational aspects is the recognition that frontline staff members are empowered to identify issues, solve problems, and take pride in improvements that impact positive patient experiences. This is where shared governance and Lean have a common goal: empowering staff to take accountability for owning practice issues and challenges to achieve the goal of improving the patient experience. Lean tools can be integrated into the hospital-based shared governance structure and processes to help reach practice solutions.

In this article, we'll give you a better understanding of what it means to be Lean and explore the utilization of Lean tools to improve shared governance.

Journal Title

Nursing management

Volume

49

Issue

9

First Page

14

Last Page

19

MeSH Keywords

Efficiency, Organizational; Humans; Models, Nursing; Models, Organizational; Nurse Administrators; Nursing Staff, Hospital; Power, Psychological; Shared Governance, Nursing; Total Quality Management

Keywords

Organizational Efficiency; Nursing Models; Organizational Models; Nurse Administrators; Hospital Nursing Staff; Shared Governance; Total Quality Management

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