Welcome to the Forum for Shared Governance — the leading resource for nursing shared governance accreditation, research, education, and professional governance tools worldwide.
The Forum for Shared Governance’s Accreditation Program for Professional Governance continues to grow, adding new international organizations:
Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (Colombia), Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (Saudi Arabia), Fahd Military Medical Complex (Saudi Arabia),
and King Hussein Cancer Center (Jordan – first reaccreditation).
See if you have what it takes to become accredited by the Forum!
Listen to the podcast from Dr. Bob Hess, CEO & Founder of the Forum, interviewed at the Think Factory. Meet him and Marcus Lannie, the Forum’s Partner in AI, at AONL’s Professional Governance Leadership conference in Indianapolis, June 13-16, to learn about the Nursing Leadership Excellence Platform (NELP), professional shared governance’s platform for the Future.
Shared Governance Research About the Council Health Survey
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- Council Health to Transform Shared Governance Processes (2020)
- Council Health Survey During COVID-19 (2022)
- Effectiveness of Shared Governance Councils (2022)
- The ELEVATE Study (2023)
- Implementing Unit-Based Councils (2024)
- Hess Index Study (2025)
- From Frustration to Function: Standardizing Tools and Education in Nursing Governance (2026)
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