After Changes in Health Care Funding and the Community's Expressed

Multiple Choice

After changes in health care funding and the community's expressed concerns about care that is being delivered at Hospital A,senior executives at the hospital determine that the hospital will engage in a strategic planning process.The senior executives decide on a participatory process in which staff are widely consulted regarding input about the organization and the external environment and are actively invited to be part of decisions related to mission statement,goals,and objectives.For true shared governance to be seen as part of this approach,which of the following conditions is necessary?

A) It must be evident in the outcomes of the process that staff and senior executives have partnered on the decisions.
B) Stakeholders must be assured of the value of their input even though final decisions rest with senior executives.
C) Publications must clearly outline how staff input was solicited and obtained.
D) Staff must be reassured that significant concerns will be kept in mind even if they have not been addressed in planning documents.