title: The power of nursing peer review.
abstract: This article describes how an integrated healthcare system created a nursing peer-review structure to empower nurses to make practice changes and enhance professional accountability. A nursing peer-review committee and tools supporting the process were developed and implemented.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Director of the Center for Nursing Excellence (Dr Spiva), WellStar Health System, Atlanta; Nurse Manager (Mrs Jarrell), WellStar Windy Hill Hospital, Marietta; Clinical Nurse Leader (Mrs Baio), WellStar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Lee Anna
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Spiva
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jarrell
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baio
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*