Rejuvenating Meaningful Recognition Through Shared Governance

Abstract

As majority stakeholders in healthcare systems, direct care clinical nurses are accountable for professional practice, including meaningful recognition. A sustainable recognition program can be established through structural empowerment and shared decision-making within a healthy, clinical nurse–led governance structure. This article describes the journey of rejuvenating meaningful recognition across 27 hospitals and more than 500 sites of care, with the aim of positively impacting nurses and strengthening connection to purpose.