Nurses are credentialed as individuals; recruited, selected, and retained as individuals; and judged by managers and peers on the basis of individual practice. Developing a collective practice, which requires different ways of knowing, collaborating, and measuring success as well as a different perspective on our work, allows us to adhere to standards, achieve best practices, reduce variability, and enhance the predictability of patient outcomes.
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