Hager to lead nursing accountability efforts
Erin Hager has been named director of Shared Governance for Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nursing.
Shared governance is the term used to describe the Medical Center's structure of shared accountability and collaborative decision-making among its 4,000-plus nursing workforce. Hager will lead the network of more than 80 unit boards representing nurses in the inpatient, outpatient, procedural and perioperative areas.
Erin Hager
“We are thrilled to have Erin in this role,” said Marilyn Dubree, MSN, R.N., executive chief nursing officer. “She brings so much energy and experience from co-chairing the VCH Nursing Staff Council, which is a living example of nursing staff having a voice throughout the Medical Center.”
Hager joined Vanderbilt as a staff nurse in the Pediatric Critical Care Unit at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in 2006.
Hager earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University of Arizona College of Nursing in 2005, and her Masters of Management in Healthcare from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt in 2010.