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Peer review: accountability and legal implications
Occupational Health Nursing
|December 1, 1977
Summary
Accountability in nursing requires embracing peer review, which has ethical and legal dimensions. Professional nurses must actively participate in assessing patient care to ensure accountability and effective self-regulation.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Practice
- Healthcare Quality Improvement
Background:
- Accountability is increasingly central to professional nursing practice.
- Peer review is identified as a key mechanism for ensuring accountability.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the implications of peer review in nursing.
- To identify essential components for a robust peer review system.
Main Methods:
- Discussion of ethical, legal, educational, organizational, and psychological aspects of peer review.
- Emphasis on data-driven assessment of care outcomes and performance.
Main Results:
- Peer review necessitates a comprehensive approach, including ethical considerations and outcome measurement.
- Care outcomes are influenced by provider, client, environmental, and organizational factors.
Conclusions:
- Effective professional self-regulation in nursing hinges on the involvement of all practitioners in peer review.
- Nurses themselves must define the standards and methods for professional accountability.