Improving Engagement, Operations

While the most recent data continues to reflect a small percentage of nurses who serve as voting board members on health systems and hospital boards, the dynamics are certainly shifting for pragmatic and altruistic reasons. Only about 4% of all voting board members across the healthcare industry are nurses, according to the 2019 National Health Care Governance Survey Report by the American Hospital Association. Include an overview of the organization and its mission, board meeting frequency, and a description of the required and preferred competencies, skills, experience and other desired qualifications. * Reach out to national organizations that can help search for diverse nursing candidates, including the National Black Nurses Association, the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and Leverage Network Inc. * Expand the search beyond hospitals and health systems.