Collaborative Decision-Making and Professional Practice Model

Collaborative decision-making 
Our collaborative decision-making process places the authority, responsibility and accountability for patient care with our clinicians.

Collaborative decision-making is based on the beliefs that a shared vision and common goals lead to a highly committed and productive workforce, that participation is empowering and that people will make appropriate decisions when sufficient knowledge is known and communicated.

Because collaborative decision-making is designed to optimize staff participation with unit-based processes as well as organizational decision-making within and across disciplines, the evaluation of its effectiveness is essential to how nurses feel empowered to make a difference.

Professional practice model
A professional practice model provides the framework for achieving clinical outcomes and is driven by critical thinking and strong decision-making.

• Values
• Philosophy
• Standards of practice
• Collaborative decision-making
• Professional development
• Patient care delivery model
• Peer review
• Nursing research
• Nursing theory and application to care

Key components

• Values that affirm our practice
• Philosophy statement that blends our values
• Standards of practice that are evidence-based
• Decision-making that empowers nurses
• Professional development, including career advancement programs
• Research-based practice