Attend a committee meeting in your health care organization. If you are not currently employed in a health care setting, you may elect to attend a committee meeting at another company, a community center, a local school, local chamber of commerce or other professional organization.
Observe the interactions between committee members and the process used by the committee to arrive at decisions.
In 500-750 words, describe the function of the committee and the roles of those in attendance. Describe your observations of the interactions between members of the committee and determine whether the process used to arrive at decisions is a form of shared governance.
A minimum of two academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment.
Submit the completed “Collaborative Committee Meeting Verification Form” with the assignment.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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Solution:
Collaborative Committee Meeting
Shared governance has been known to support and enhance joint responsibility and accountability in making healthcare decisions influencing healthcare practice, and particularly, the nursing practice (Kutney-Lee et al., 2016). This paper will reflect on a committee meeting I attended in our healthcare facility. It discusses the function and roles of the committee members in attendance and the interaction between the members, identifying the use of share government in the decision-making process.
Committee Function and Role
Recently, I got the privilege to attend a committee meeting held by the nursing leaders and managers in our health care organization, St. Paul’s Medical Care Center. The committee included the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), the director of nursing, nurse managers, supervisors, and charge nurses from all units, nursing practitioners (one from each unit), advanced practice Registered Nurses (one from each unit), staff nurses (one from each unit), physicians from various specialties, pharmacists, and laboratory technicians. In total, 25 members attended the meeting. The meeting agenda was to address the issue of poor interprofessional collaboration and communication which was attributed to the rapid rise of medical errors and poor health outcomes.
The Committee Interaction and Process
The attending members of the committee entered the meeting room on time, with most entering at least 10 minutes before the set meeting time. The members started with prayers and…Please click the icon below to purchase full answer at only $10