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In January of this year, I began my first president’s column by stating: Today’s health care environment is dynamic, holding an uncertain future. This requires that nurse leaders be prepared, available and engaged to innovate, transform and lead care wherever it occurs...Continue reading.

More than thirty years ago, the American Nurses Association (ANA) defined nursing peer review (NPR) as an essential core function of professional nursing practice (ANA, 1988)...Continue reading.

Novant Health is an integrated system of physician practices, outpatient centers and 15 acute care facilities made up of both community hospitals and large tertiary medical centers...Continue reading.

Professional disciplines, including nursing, engage in self-regulation. Nursing practice peer review is the self-regulatory process that increases professional accountability when a group of individuals from the same licensure profession, role, academic education and clinical...Continue reading.