Peer review: self help for occupational health nurses.

Nurses validate their actions with other nurses whose knowledge and skills they value. Where opportunities for evaluation do not exist, enthusiasm and creativity can wane. Peer review is a process that includes education, case writing, evaluation, and research. Peer review is not punitive. It is a professional review and has no place in personnel records or periodic evaluation by one's supervisors. Local constituencies can provide peer review programs for their members as part of their monthly meetings.