A long-term care facility has been busy for several months with patients who have a very high acuity. Nurses have been working double shifts. The nurses have been given the task of determining whether they would like to implement an on-call program and determine guidelines for implementation, if most nurses believe that it is the best solution. This example depicts which type of decision-making tool?
A) Pilot project
B) Simulation
C) Shared governance
D) Data analytics

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Shared governance is an organizational structure that promotes empowerment and autonomous decision making at the point of care, accountability that is shared among all parties in a decision, and organizational processes that promote an egalitarian environment in decision-making processes.

A Long-Term Care Facility Has Been Busy for Several Months