Collaborative Rural Nurse Peer Review: A Quality Improvement Project.

Background: Peer review is an essential element of professional nursing practice.

Local Problem: Implementing nursing practice peer review is a challenge in any organization; some characteristics of small and rural hospitals can make the task especially daunting.

Methods: A team of nursing leaders and staff nurses from rural and critical access hospitals within 1 health care system was formed to make recommendations about implementing nursing practice peer review in the small rural facilities.