Shared Governance as described by Porter-O’Grady (2001) was first introduced two decades ago to provide strategies for empowering nurses and a framework for organizing the work of nursing within organizational settings. SG is an organizational strategy through which nurses can express and mange their practice with a higher level of professional autonomy (Porter-O’Grady, 2003b). Most organizations employing SG strategies focus on creating a partnership between the organization and the individual nurse. This approach seeks to create an organizational environment where individual professional accountability is respected and encouraged. SG is focused on the micro level. Strategies are determined at the micro level (within the organization) rather than at the macro level (external to the organization).