title: Nursing grand rounds: promoting excellence in nursing.
abstract: Nursing grand rounds (NGR) provide staff nurses a forum to share clinical expertise and the best of nursing practice at their institutions in a setting that recognizes their unique contributions to the nursing profession. This article will describe how NGR were developed, facilitated, and implemented by the Department of Nursing Practice, Education, and Research at an academic healthcare facility.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Practice Education and Research, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. slannon@unch.unc.edu
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lannon
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D013060:Speech; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration