"This book highlights a framework for leveraging a Nursing Shared Governance model and a structured improvement methodology for staff to lead cost reduction efforts at the bedside. This how-to guide will walk organizational leaders at all levels through the development and implementation of a robust cost-savings strategy focusing directly on eliminating waste and streamlining processes in everyday clinical work. Includes the toolkit with which to do it. This strategy involves prioritization of non-labor expense reduction at the senior leadership levels, engaging nursing Shared Governance councils in oversight and implementation of the work, educating frontline staff on the importance of financial stewardship, and using a structured approach to improvement methodology to execute the cost-savings efforts at the bedside"--Provided by publisher.

Financial Stewardship : Framing the "Why" / Paula Agosto, Jackie Noll -- Building the Organizational Structure : Designing the "What" / Amy Gallagher, Jackie Noll, Joni Rittler -- Establishing the "Who" : Enlisting the Bedside Nurses / Megan Bernstein, Matthew Rutberg -- Improvement Methodology : Translating the "How" / Cheryl Gebeline-Myers -- Nursing-Led Savings in Action : A Bedside Nurse's Perspective and Story / Jessica Steck -- Forward Thinking and Final Thoughts / Mary Jo Gumbel.