id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-268293-u5r2id8i Hess, Robert G. Shared Governance During a Pandemic 2020-07-11 .txt text/plain 1805 108 53 As the pandemic ensued, shared governance endured at hospitals with well-established models, even without council meetings. Shared governance structures and processes, whether unit-based or hospital-wide, afford opportunities for clinical nurses make decisions related to staffing, policy and procedure development, necessary resources, and even innovation and research that is needed. In the 21st century, it is hoped that nurse leaders continue to see the value of shared governance-and not just as a way to meet the American Nurses Credentialing Center's criteria for Magnet ® or Pathway to Excellence ® standards. During the COVID-19 pandemic, shared governance endured at hospitals with wellestablished models even without council meetings. For example, many mature shared governance models have unit-based phone or e-mail trees, where each individual council member is responsible for relaying communications to 3 or more people, and they, in turn, have a similar number of professionals and so on, until messages reach the entire staff of the nursing unit or division. ./cache/cord-268293-u5r2id8i.txt ./txt/cord-268293-u5r2id8i.txt