Provide leadership for coordination of care delivery across the continuum using standardized approaches to achieving optimal patient outcomes. Change patterns of healthcare delivery through creative use of available resources while enhancing quality of care. Empower professional nurses who have the responsibility to make decisions which promote further development of themselves and the profession. Shared Governance Beginning in 1994, Nursing at PHS embarked on a process of formally assuming the responsibility, authority and accountability for the practice of the discipline of nursing across the PHS continuum. Accountability for practice rests with each clinician.
Patients have a right to a competent nurse.
Collegiality and collaboration are essential ingredients to an appropriate process and outcome. Quality equals effectiveness and efficiency. Staff has a shared role with management in issues of budget, staffing, and working conditions. Clinical staff is represented at the executive level of the department of nursing. The role of the nurse is central to the system's mission of patient care.