title: Developing, implementing, and evaluating a professional practice model.
abstract: This article describes how The Compass, a professional practice model (PPM), was developed through clinical nurse involvement, review of literature, expert opinion, and an innovative schematic. Implementation was supported through a dynamic video account of a patient story, interwoven with The Compass. Postproject evaluation of PPM integration demonstrates opportunities for professional nursing development and future planning.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Care Center Director (Ms Basol), Intensive Care/Surgical Care and Clinical Practice; Clinical Nurse Specialist (Dr Hilleren-Listerud), Surgical Care Unit; and Vice President, Hospital Operations/Chief Nursing Officer (Ms Chmielewski), St Cloud Hospital, CentraCare Health, St Cloud, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Basol
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hilleren-Listerud
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chmielewski
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation