title: Promoting professional nursing practice: linking a professional practice model to performance expectations.
abstract: Professional practice models (PPMs) provide the conceptual framework for establishing professional nursing practice. Integrating a PPM requires complex organizational change. One strategy for integrating a PPM is to directly link the PPM with performance expectations to ensure that underlying beliefs are integrated into everyday practice. This article describes the development, implementation, and successful outcomes of a clinical advancement system that was aligned with a PPM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing, 600 South Paulina, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Marcia_murphy@rush.edu
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hinch
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llewellyn
authors.forename: Paula J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002322:Career Mobility; D002641:Chicago; D054976:Clinical Governance; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation