Abstract
Ascension Health is the largest Catholic and nonprofit health system in the United States, encompassing 70 acute care hospitals organized into 34 health ministries. Consistent with its distributed leadership model, Ascension Health has created a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Advisory Council to provide strategic direction and thought leadership on major system-level initiatives that impact quality, safety, operational performance, nursing leadership, and patient care delivery. The council fosters systemwide CNO engagement and dialogue through a unique structure of regional CNO work teams called "pods," each of which is chaired by a member of the council. This communication structure has facilitated consensus on major system initiatives at Ascension Health related to clinical goals, patient safety, nursing leadership, and systemwide capital investments. This article describes the history, structure, goals, processes, and successes of the CNO Advisory Council shared governance model.
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