title: Nurses, patients benefit from evaluation process.
abstract: The privileging process at St. Marys Hospital Medical Center in Madison, WI, provides a framework for professional growth of nurses. Key areas for professional development outlined in the process include intellectual, technical, interpersonal, and ethical. Specific functions and responsibilities are delineated in charts the nurses use to track their progress.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003406:Credentialing; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014922:Wisconsin