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Learn how to develop a streamlined, systematic approach to evaluating individual nursing standards and providing quality patient care It’s time to implement formal nursing peer review, a valuable tool you can use to promote nurse autonomy and accountability and raise the standard of nursing excellence. Unfortunately, it can be a complicated process to implement, fraught with emotional and procedural issues. With the proper guidance, found in Nursing Peer Review, your facility can streamline the implementation process, resulting in better patient care, patient safety, and improved nurse professionalism and accountability. Don’t wait for a problem to arise—be proactive! This resource will help you develop a formalized, non-punitive structure to examine nurses after unexpected patient outcomes to evaluate whether the care provided was within the agreed upon standards of nursing care. It also includes a mechanism to track and trend data regarding quality of care issues. Having a peer review process in place gives nursing the means to evaluate themselves in a constructive atmosphere and focus on improving the standards of clinical care. You’ll find all the resources you need to get your nursing peer review program up and running, including: Details of the benefits and rationale of nursing peer review Easy-to-follow, multi-step system for implementing a peer review program In-depth content on how to conduct chart reviews Sample case studies to illustrate the peer review process Tips on using peer review data to benchmark performance and track and trend peer review results Information on how peer review and nursing excellence relate to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®* A PowerPoint presentation to nurses on how peer review is about nurse autonomy and can be used to address quality of care issues in a non-punitive environment It’s not just for physicians Our medical staff brethren have been conducting peer review for decades, and it is time for nurses to