Enablers and barriers of implementing shared governance in nursing departments: a case study from the United Arab Emirates

Abstract

The literature provides evidence about the positive impact of shared governance implementation in nursing departments and units, as well as on several aspects of nursing practice, including nurse empowerment, engagement, well-being, job satisfaction, retention, and positive outcomes in direct patient care. Accordingly, many nursing departments of United Arab Emirates (UAE) hospitals have implemented shared governance in their units. However, the success of implementation varies among these hospitals. Therefore, the study aimed to explore the progress of shared governance implementation in hospitals, identify the enablers and inhibitors of implementing the model, and produce a recommendation to help the nursing departments of hospitals to overcome challenges and accelerate the implementation process.

Keywords

• nursing
• nurses
• participatory
• leadership
• shared governance
• uae