title: The professional practice climate and peer review.
abstract: Peer review, a mechanism of professional self-regulation, should not be viewed in isolation. It is one element of a professional practice climate and is interrelated to primary nursing, evaluation of patient outcomes, quality assurance, and self-governance. Much has been written about peer review but little of it describes how staff nurses and administrators can collaborate to operationalize the concept. The peer review system described represents the efforts of one unit's nursing staff at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hawthorne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010380:Peer Review; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000592:standards; D011366:Professional Review Organizations / Q000639:trends*; D011786:Quality Control