Health · Healthcare & Policy · 6 hrs ago
New Hampshire health system CNO says nursing governance can work with or without unions
Seanna Zimmerman is the new system chief nursing officer at Concord Hospital Health System in New Hampshire.
The system has three hospitals, and she oversees nursing across them.
Zimmerman joined on Aug.
24, moving from The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
She says building shared governance for nurses does not depend on whether a hospital is unionized.
The point is that hospitals can involve nurses in governance regardless of union status.
The available information does not say what changes the system plans next.
Seanna Zimmerman says shared nursing governance does not depend on whether a hospital is unionized.
Zimmerman is the new system chief nursing officer of Concord Hospital Health System in New Hampshire.
She joined the three-hospital system on Aug. 24 from The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
- Who
- Seanna Zimmerman, the system chief nursing officer of Concord Hospital Health System.
- What
- She says shared governance for nurses can work whether or not a hospital is unionized.
- When
- Zimmerman joined the system on Aug. 24; the article was published Oct. 12, 2026.
- Where
- Concord Hospital Health System, a three-hospital system in New Hampshire.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Seanna Zimmerman joined Concord Hospital Health System from The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
Becker's Hospital Review published the article about Zimmerman's view of shared nursing governance.
- System
- Concord Hospital Health System
- Location
- New Hampshire
- Hospitals
- Three
- CNO
- Seanna Zimmerman
- Joined
- Aug. 24
- Previous hospital
- The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
What people are saying
Union or not, nurses want the same things
Sources
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