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Joan Colella¹, Claudia Douglas², Nancy VanBuitenen¹

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Summary

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Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) peer reviews show high consistency using an objective, data-driven rubric. This enhances the reliability and significance of APN competency assessments.

Keywords:

clinical competence health care nurse practitioners nursing peer review peer review reliability and validity

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Healthcare Quality

Background:

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Council developed an objective, data-driven peer review process.
This process is based on Hamric, Spross & Hanson's Model of Advanced Practice Nursing.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the interrater reliability of APN peer reviews.
To assess the consistency of the APN Rubric in evaluating core competencies.

Main Methods:

A quantitative, single-site study was conducted.
A convenience sample of 80 APN Portfolios was analyzed.

Main Results:

Analysis of six core competencies showed substantial to near-perfect agreement.
High interrater reliability was observed in the APN peer review process.

Conclusions:

The APN Rubric effectively demonstrated high consistency in assessing core competencies.
The objective, data-driven approach enhances the significance and objectivity of APN peer review outcomes.