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Shared Governance
The Professional Nursing Council (PNC) is nursing practice’s Shared Governance Model at Strong. PNC is the avenue for decision making and change throughout nursing. Staff representatives from each nursing unit meet once a month to discuss important topics such as professional development, safety, research, finances, patient and nurse satisfaction, and much more! We continue to strive to report all of the information to nursing practice, and to each nursing unit.
The PNC has celebrated many successes:
- Developing and instituting the Professional Portfolio and enhancements to the performance appraisal process
- Increasing knowledge of the financial costs of nurse orientation, supply and other healthcare related costs
- Increased involvement in community activities
- Improvement in care of the patient with central lines
- Raising money to send a nurse to Honduras through the Shoulder to Shoulder Brigade
- Instituting a new Nurses’ Week award for pioneering in nursing
- Celebrating Nursing Certification and increasing the number of certified nurses at SMH
Thank you,
Ashley-Marie DiVincenzo, BSN, RN
Chair, Professional Nursing Council
Rebecca Johnson, BSN RN, CCRN, PCCN
Vice Chair, Professional Nursing Council
Every Nurse at Strong is Part of the Professional Nursing Council
Nursing at Strong Memorial Hospital has a long history working in a shared governance environment. This approach creates a work setting in which nurses participate in the planning and decisions that affect their practice. At SMH, this is accomplished through the Professional Nursing Council (PNC) at the hospital level and threads to Unit Councils in each clinical practice area.
The PNC is governed by criteria that were developed collaboratively by staff nurses and the nursing executive council.
Professional Nursing Council Bylaws
The Structure of the Professional Nursing Council
The PNC is chaired and managed by staff nurses who work closely with the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to address areas important to nurses. To accomplish the goals of this group the PNC is sub-divided into nine working councils, each chaired by a staff nurse with an advance practice nurse (APN) co-chair.
Click the plus (+) sign to read more about the purpose of each of the PNC Sub-councils: