Giving Peer Feedback in Support of Clinical Nursing

Peer feedback is one of the basic sections of professional development (Creta & Gross 2020). Peer feedback as an evaluation tool which may be useful in Finland. In the process of implementation, some factors such as cultural differences and training program may need to be taken into consideration. Thereby to benefit the employee’s satisfaction, their professional development and increase the qualitive of care for patients. The purpose of this thesis is to describe what is peer feedback (peer assessment) in nursing teams and what is its influence in hospitals.The aim of this thesis is to help nurses understand and use peer feedback/assessment program, which will improve nurse's clinical competence and job satisfaction as well as improve patient outcomes.16 articles were analyzed by qualitative research. Articles’ results were organized in a table and analyzed again to get the overall results. Peer feedback plays a positive role in improving nurses' performance and improve the skills. However, effective peer feedback requires enough training, comfortable working environment, and mutual trust relationship as well as supportive leader or experts