Authors

  1. Fischer, Shelly A. PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
  2. Horak, Dawn MSN, RN, CPPS, CEN
  3. Kelly, Lesly A. PhD, RN

Abstract

A sample of 1933 registered nurses working in 24 hospitals with shared leadership was surveyed to examine perceptions of nurse decisional involvement. Council participation was associated with higher decisional involvement scores (P = .03), and nurse experience was a statistically significant predictor of decisional involvement (P < .01). Nurse manager and staff registered nurse scores were significantly different (P < .01). Shared leadership may promote staff nurse perceptions of involvement in decision-making.