title: Assessing the credibility of a clinical ladder review process: an interrater reliability study.
abstract: Clinical ladders are common means of establishing and maintaining practice-based systems that differentiate levels of professional nursing practice. The implementation of an effective clinical ladder review system assumes the process is objective, replicable, and fair. This project describes the assessment of one clinical ladder review system.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing, Galveston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Froman
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D015588:Observer Variation; D013781:Texas