NURSING PARTICIPATION IN HOSPITAL DECISION-MAKING By

Nurse administrators may participate in predicting organizational trends and planning at various organizational levels, however, the degree of actual participation of the nurse administrator in hospital decision-making is a relatively new area of investigation. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to investigate the differences between nurse administrators ' actual and preferred participation in hospital decision-making. A stratified random sample of 60 nurse executives and 60 nurse managers was selected from the Michigan Organization of Nurse Executives ' membership list. The overall response rate was 67 % (N = 81). Data were obtained from individual nurses by questionnaires. The responses from the nurse administrators indicated that they desired greater participation and that their expectations for participation in hospital decisio