Nursing at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital

Our vision for HCA Florida Palms West Hospital is to promote a culture of excellence by elevating nursing to its highest form. This vision reinforces our commitment to nursing, acknowledges the strong foundation that we have built, to continue to evolve and move forward. We will continue to invest in our nurses through growing our leaders and advocating for our teams by establishing safe work environments, creating pathways for furthering education, certifications, and implementing evidence-based practices. Championing a care first culture where nurses are empowered to support high quality of patient care through professional practice councils and nursing research is the key to setting us apart. 

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Shared governance is a system that promotes inclusive and shared decision-making among nurses in an organization. It is based on principles of partnership, equity, accountability and ownership. It aims to foster cooperation, leadership, creativity and quality in our Hospital.

Professional Practice Councils are decision-making bodies in which nurses participate in determining nursing specific goals and priorities and make decisions to affect nursing practice, patient care or other aspects of professional practice.   These councils are comprised of interdepartmental teams which represent nursing units and departments within the hospital as well as varying levels of education and specialties.  The unit councils come together to help govern nursing practice at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital.