Nurses' Perspectives of Their Impact While Serving on Boards

Clinical and Organizational Nursing Innovations in Primary Care: Findings From a Stakeholders' Symposium

Nursing innovations in primary care, based on interprofessional care models, could be better identified, recognized, and deployed. This article presents the results of a symposium discussing the implementation of nursing innovations in primary care in Quebec, Canada, in partnership with researchers and stakeholders. Built on the appreciative inquiry approach, 9 nursing innovations were described. To support the implementation of such nursing innovations responding to current primary care issues and population needs, 4 recommendations emerged: the need to implement strategies to achieve optimal scope of practice for primary care nurses; the importance to develop funding and organizational models that support primary care nursing innovation; the need to enhance a collaborative and democratic governance open to innovation; and the opportunity to create partnerships with the research community and teaching institutions.

Board Leaders' Perspectives of the Impact of Nurses on Boards

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of nurses on boards (NOBs) from the perspectives of board leaders who are not nurses.

BACKGROUND

Research about the impact of NOBs derives from nurses' recall of board experiences. No studies explore the impact of NOBs from perspectives other than nurses.

METHODS

Researchers used an exploratory qualitative design with purposive sampling and interviewed 16 participants.

RESULTS

According to participants, NOBs impact board governance as boundary spanners within the healthcare ecosystem. The overarching pattern is supported by 6 traversing themes.

CONCLUSIONS

Board leaders' perspectives of NOBs as boundary spanners illustrate the far-reaching impact nurses have in the board role and on the direction of healthcare organizations.

A scoping review about nurses on boards: 2016-2022

BACKGROUND

The momentum to place nurses on boards (NOB) continues to build. An integrative review about NOB was published in 2017 covering 1988 to early 2016. Studies about NOB have been published since but no systematic reviews summarize the research.

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the project was to describe the research about NOB from late 2016 to early 2022 framed within the Conceptual Model for Nurses on Boards (CMNOB).

METHODS

A scoping review was conducted using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines for scoping reviews.

DATA SOURCES

Databases used in the search included PubMed, CINAHL, ProQuest Central, and Academic Search Complete. Eleven records comprised the sample group.

RESULTS

Of the six general purposes for the research about NOB, seven studies aimed to explore nurses' board experiences or preparation for board service. The studies' recommendations were classified within the CMNOB concepts: board composition (n = 8), board effectiveness (n = 3), and organizational performance (n = 2). Several studies' recommendations were classified into multiple concepts of the CMNOB.

CONCLUSION

The research about NOB has accelerated since late 2016. Preparing nurses for board service remains central. However, until research demonstrates nurses' impact on board effectiveness and organizational performance, underrepresentation of NOB is likely to continue.