We believe in shared leadership and clinical care that emphasize
quality, safety, interdisciplinary collaboration, collegiality,
continuity of care, and professional accountability. We believe
that nurses who provide services to our patients are clinical
experts. They are able to provide leadership as we move forward in
achieving the Lourdes vision, strategic plans and nursing
goals.
Our shared leadership model provides
the structure by which professional nurses have the opportunity to
participate in making decisions that affect their individual
practice and delivery of nursing care. Nurses practice in a
professional environment that supports their development and
expression of clinical, educational, leadership, and evidence-based
practice/research-focused expertise. This professional practice
environment promotes recruitment and retention of expert nursing
staff.
The nursing shared leadership model is supported through the
activities of ten nursing committees that report
directly to a Nursing Professional Practice Council. By accepting
employment at Lourdes, professional nurses accept accountability
for their practice and patient care.
Through their Unit Based Practice Councils, all staff nurses
have a voice. The Practice Councils are a forum where nurses have
the authority to make decisions that will influence care delivery
at the unit level. Unit Based Practice Councils are responsible and
accountable for the decisions they make. They are obligated to see
that these decisions are fully implemented.
