Peer Eval

[ICU.RN23]

I have to do a peer evaluation of another nurse that I work with almost every shift. In the room for improvement section, I need help finding a professional way of saying to let the charge nurse do their job without that person butting in all the time. I just don’t want to make it sound like it’s coming from me so I’m struggling.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[old&improved]

Where I work if we don't complete our peer evals we won't get our raise. How's that for incentive? I like the idea of discussing areas for improvement with the person your evaluating.

[RNNPICU, BSN, RN]

For peer evaluatiuons you don't want to focus on a single event or isolated incidents.

If you need to come up with something for peer evaluations try something along these lines.

Peer evaluatee is very skilled in XYZ, it would be great to have them participate in council X.

Peer evaluatee is always very helpful with XXX, it would be great to seem them support coworkers by including others with less experience...

Benign statements like this but with some information tailored to their skill set and the POSITIVE attributes can work.

Good Luck

[JKL33]

On 11/29/2019 at 1:03 PM, ICU.RN23 said:

I have to do a peer evaluation of another nurse that I work with almost every shift. In the room for improvement section, I need help finding a professional way of saying to let the charge nurse do their job without that person butting in all the time. I just don’t want to make it sound like it’s coming from me so I’m struggling.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The more I think about this the more wrong it seems.

I hope you have been thinking about the replies. There is nothing wrong with providing feedback to peers, and especially being willing to receive it. But that has nothing to do with an annual opportunity to release frustration by addressing matters that should should already be being addressed professionally.

Imagine if a family operated this way. All day every day they avoided discussing anything remotely difficult, released their frustrations by gossiping, huffing around, catty mannerisms, passive-agressiveness, etc., and then once a year they all filled out little slips of paper disclosing the stuff that had been ticking them off all year, then said a couple of nice things for good measure.

Just no.

Employers have it wrong, and nurses can do better.

[SandIsMyGlitterRN, BSN, RN]

Is there any data that can be provided to show true evidence that peer evaluations really do increase any morale? I feel pressured to give a good peer review when asked to do so. Having to work with these peeps everyday, the last thing I want is to do is have hard feelings about a simple sheet of paper. Ugh! On the other hand, if I have a beef or issue, I do have the confidence to speak with another person about it. I feel that a personal conversation is much more recepted and appreciated rather than ratting the person out on paper to management without being able to explain what has occurred to fix the problem.