College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA.
School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
Nurs Outlook. 2018 May-Jun;66(3):222-232. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2017.11.005. Epub 2017 Dec 11.
Inclusion of nurses on boards (NOB) to enhance health care transformation is recommended; however, there is no research-based rationale for NOB.
To articulate the rationale for NOB in the voices of nurses who serve.
An explanatory sequential mixed methods design was used with priority on the quantitative strand (Delphi method). The qualitative strand was accomplished with focus groups.
Twenty-nine NOB participants (Delphi phase) and nine NOB participants (focus groups) agreed the rationale for NOB is embedded in specific knowledge, skills, and perspectives that nurses contribute for boardroom discussions and policymaking. This study supported anecdotal literature promoting nurses for board leadership.
Nurses should be appointed to boards of directors based on their knowledge, skills, and perspectives about health care. Board leadership leverages the public's trust in nursing, advances the profession, and positions nurses to influence health care transformation. Further research is recommended.
建议将护士纳入董事会（NOB）以加强医疗保健转型；然而，NOB 并没有基于研究的基本原理。
以服务护士的声音来阐明 NOB 的基本原理。
采用解释性顺序混合方法设计，优先考虑定量部分（德尔菲法）。定性部分通过焦点小组完成。
29 名 NOB 参与者（德尔菲阶段）和 9 名 NOB 参与者（焦点小组）同意，NOB 的基本原理是基于护士为董事会讨论和决策制定做出贡献的特定知识、技能和观点。这项研究支持了轶事文献中对护士担任董事会领导的提倡。
应该根据护士对医疗保健的知识、技能和观点任命他们进入董事会。董事会领导利用公众对护理的信任，推进专业发展，并使护士能够影响医疗保健转型。建议进行进一步研究。
