Professional Governance and the Pledge of Safer Care
Patient safety is often talked about as if it depends mainly on procedures, technology, and staffing levels. Those things matter. However anyone who has actually hung around near to medical operations understands that security is also formed by something less noticeable and even more human: who gets to speak, who gets heard, and who has the authority to affect practice when care is provided at the bedside. That is where Professional Governance matters. In nursing, Sha