Shared Governance and Nurse Retention: Understanding the Relationship
Hospitals and health systems often discuss retention as if it lives inside payroll reports, job dashboards, or hiring pipelines. At the bedside, retention feels far more individual. It appears in whether a nurse thinks their judgment matters, whether issues about practice are taken seriously, and whether choices that form client care are made with nurses or around them. That is why Shared Governance remains such a crucial topic in nursing leadership. The term has a long