Description: "Nursing leadership needs a common framework in which to voice their problems and solutions, form policy, and make decisions that have a clear effect on their work environment. Published in partnership with AONL, Professional Governance for Nursing: The Framework for Accountability, Engagement, and Excellence is a comprehensive book about professional nursing governance covering concepts, roles, and application to support students and professionals across all settings and roles where nurses work in addressing contemporary issues affecting the profession now and in the future. It covers all potential practice settings and focuses on providing the structure and examples of related behavior that exemplify professional practice"--
Brief description: Dr. Rachel Start is a champion for professional governance as well as the evolution of nursing practice in the ambulatory environment. Her engagement and leadership of initiatives within state, national and international organizations has been driven by a desire to see nursing realize its full contribution across settings. She has significantly advanced the field of ambulatory care nurse sensitive measurement, having led the national development of nurse sensitive indicators (NSI). Rachel was co-chair of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) Nurse Sensitive Indicator Taskforce and the lead editor on the 1st and 2nd editions of the Ambulatory Care Nurse-Sensitive Indicator Industry Report: Meaningful Measurement of Nursing in the Ambulatory Patient Care Environment (2016 & 2024). Most recently she concluded her term as the President of the AAACN Board of Directors. She has published and presented extensively on the imperative for meaningful measurement and nursing practice advancement as related to the shifting healthcare landscape at numerous national venues. She has consulted with numerous organizations related to nursing practice, professional governance, Magnet principles and innovative care delivery models and emergent roles within nursing.