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QSEN

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QSEN
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
6 Core Competencies of QSEN
1. patient centered care
2. teamwork and collaboration
3. evidence - based practice
4. quality improvement/assuarance
5. safety
6. informatics
(petqsi)
goal of qsen
meet the challenge of preparing future nurses who have KSA's necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems within which they work
how is the goal of qsen attainable?
by preparing nursing students with the most up to date quality standards of care
ensuring that new nurses have adequate skill sets that is key to being successful
KSA's
knowledge, skills, attitudes
history of qsen
robert wood johnson foundation funded in october 2005
aimed to guide nursing toward a commitment to quality and safety competencies in alignment with IOM
promoting 6 core competencies
IOM
institute of medicine
most important press releases from qsen
june 2012
dr. cronenwett and colleagues made it possible that this generation of nurses are able to give quality care and continue to expand on patient quality and safety
how is qsen funded?
robert wood johnson foundation
RWJF
what is the rwjf?
created by robert wood johnson in 1972
owner of johnson & johnson
had a deep passion to improve the health and care of the country
RWDF mission statement
our mission is to improve the health and health care of all americans
to help out society transform itself for the better
rwjf has funded many of the nation's health care issues facing our country
1992 clinics in schools - made grade state and local partnerships to establish school based health centers
1992 tobacco policy - research and evaluation program
1994 strengthening advanced nursing education
1997 teen pregnancy - national campaign to prevent teen pregnancy
qsen funds
phase 1
RWJF started funding qsen in 2005
590,000 grant to university of north caroline at chapel hill school of nursing
funds used on nursing students to increase knowledge and education of patient safety and health care quality
phase 2
1,094,477 to linda crononwell
focuses on advanced practice nurse
focuses on 15 pilot schools and how they're incorporating changes in schools education to focus on quality and safety competencies
phase 3
RWJF funds 2 institutions with 4.25 million dollars
american association of colleges of nursing and uiversity of north caroline
focuses on projects that will be used to continue to improve the quality and safety of the places of emplyment in the healthcare setting
purpose of incorporating 6 competencies into qsen's teaching strategies is to:
-ensure well develeoped nursing graduates
- understand that the patient is the focus and the one in control
- teach mutual respect and shared decision making as an important part of teamwork in nursing and interprofessional teams
- integrate best current evidence and moniter data to continously improve healthcare
- incorporate safety to reduce the rish of harm to our patient
- use technology, especially the changes with electronic health data
patient centered care
recognize the patient or deisgnee as course of control and full partner inproviding compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patients preferences, values, and needs
patient centered care
2
understand that patient is multifaceted person
actively involve patient and family
respect values, attitudes, preferences, cultures, and ethnicity
acess and implement plans to alleviate emotional and physical pain
know patients expectations
provide education and encourage independence
establish boundries between nurse and patient
understand ethical and legal issues
evidence based practive
integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care
always do what is best for patients
uses evidence to back up the descisions made in caring for our patients
teamwork and collaboration
function effectively within nursing and inter professional teams
fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision - making to achieve quality patient care
teamwork and collaboration
2
understand individual strengths and boundries
make self improvements
contribute and collaborate with healthcare team
understand scopes of practice
resolve conflict
reduce risks through effective communication
value differences and opinions in others
qsen quality improvement
use data to moniter the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continously improve the quality and safety of health care systems
by continously monitering patient outcomes, we are able to ensure that we are doing what is the right thing
achieving the expected outcomes
in the cases where we are not achieving the desired outcomes, we are able to find the breakdown in the system and fix it
safety
minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance
safety 2
reduce harm of self or others by demostrating effective use of strategies
reducing reliance on memory to decrease errors
use effective communication to report concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families, and the health care team
report near misses and errors using an error report system
take self responsibility for errors rather than pointing the blame when near misses or errors occur
utiliza national patient safety resources for personal and facility development
informatics
use of information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support desciosion making of the members of a health care team
effective informatics is demonstrated by the following:
seeking education reguarding how information is managed before implementing care
applying technology and information management systems to support safe implementation of care
using a documentation system to document all patient care and activities in the electronic medical record
monitering outcomes of care processes using information management tools
using high quality electronic systems to document care
how will qsen impact your nursing practice?
focus on patient centered care
provide safe environment for patient and providers
work within interdisciplinary health care teams
utilize evidence based practice (EBP) when caring for patients at the bedside
incorporate te use of technology when managing patient care
improving patient care through the use of quality improvement
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