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Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) was launched in 2005 as a national nursing initiative aimed at preparing nurses with the competencies needed to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care they provide. The six QSEN competencies-and the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that each entails-have served as a basis for significant curricular revision, more enlightened professional practice, relevant research, and health care system improvements. Since the launch of QSEN, new technologies have emerged, the range of care sites has broadened, new practice roles have emerged, and patients and families have become more active health care consumers...

AIM: The aim of this study was to explore facilitators and barriers to conducting a multisite national study in nursing academia unsupported by grant funding. BACKGROUND: Scholarship focused on the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies stimulates opportunities for research and collaboration among nurse educators and clinicians. Twelve members of the QSEN Academic Task Force collaborated on a multisite study of the effectiveness of a QSEN teaching strategy and published the findings...

BACKGROUND: Innovative teaching strategies that incorporate active learning could be beneficial to the nursing student's performance not only in the classroom but also in the clinical setting. The article provides implementation steps for integrating escape room tasks into a baccalaureate nursing program. METHOD: Thirteen escape room tasks were developed by faculty and a dean to facilitate Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. The tasks challenged seven senior students to think critically outside of the normal classroom and clinical setting...

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BACKGROUND: Nurses are in key positions in the healthcare system to provide, monitor, and manage the care delivered to their patients. In 2005, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative was launched to redefine quality and safety competencies for pre-licensure nursing education. It is imperative that nurses are graduating with the full spectrum of the QSEN competencies to practice in today's healthcare environments. AIMS: The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the research about student nurses' perceptions of their abilities to perform the six QSEN competencies and to determine the effect of integrating the QSEN content in their courses, clinical placements, or simulation experiences...

Unfolding case studies present the opportunity for learners to develop and improve their critical thinking and problem-solving skills to deliver safe patient care. The structure of an unfolding case study actively engages learners to determine and customize nursing care based on the patient's changing situation. In addition, this type of case study supports development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes consistent with the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. During the student session at the AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2019, the author gave attendees the opportunity to participate in the "Perioperative unfolding case study" that was framed in the QSEN competencies...

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There has been increasing focus on improving the quality and safety of health care globally. Understanding that the health of one nation impacts others worldwide drives initiatives for collaboration to improve the health of all. In this, the Year of the Nurse and Midwife as designated by the World Health Organization, The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Competencies provide structure that transcends culture for framing the nursing role to contribute to improving patient safety and the quality of care delivery internationally...

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) has global appeal, acknowledging the important role of nursing in care delivery. This article complements the Teaching Tips column, shifting from content covered to the leadership lessons that presenters must consider when preparing for and presenting to a global audience. Four critical lessons are addressed: humility and acceptance, time for translation, job role assumptions, and conceptual clarification. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2010;51(1):9-11.].

BACKGROUND: Robust enrollment in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs has created a need for faculty teaching in other nursing programs to be project advisers. Faculty may lack the knowledge and skills needed to advise projects that are evidence-based practice (EBP) or quality improvement (QI) initiatives. A project roadmap with tools and resources was needed. METHOD: Practice-based evidence from members of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) DNP Leadership Taskforce was used to inform the process for DNP project advisement...

Current trends dictate that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) must be competent to address quality/safety issues specific to older adults. A gap analysis and review of key competencies in an adult-gerontology APRN-Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) curriculum prompted the design and evaluation of an innovative online course, Quality and Safety for the Aging Adult. Course objectives align with key competencies, including graduate-level Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) and the DNP Essentials...

Patient safety is a familiar and long-standing competency for nurses. Effective error gap analysis is necessary to improving patient safety. Recent updates in patient safety emphasize just culture as vital to improving patient safety. This article explores how just culture has expanded the understanding of patient safety and offers some take-away tips for nurses. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2019;50(10):444-447.].

The purpose of this article is to describe an innovative project that contributed to the work of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN's) second generation which resulted from the original initiative and the awareness that new environments, partnerships, and strategies were needed to improve quality and safety. It is the only known project that served as a pilot model to disseminate the QSEN competencies across an entire state to build academic-clinical partnerships and can be replicable across the country...

As the demand for nurses increases across the United States, nursing programs are challenged to increase enrollment. Thus, expert clinicians without teaching experience are often hired as clinical faculty. Using simulation to train novice clinical faculty is one method to bolster the clinical faculty workforce. For this project, six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)-focused simulation-based learning experiences (SBLEs) were developed to train novice clinical faculty. Master's-level nurse educator students participated in the SBLEs...

Direct care nurses are frequently motivated to enhance practice processes but do not always understand the sequential steps that create sustainable improvement. Focusing on a local clinical problem and coaching staff through the steps for sustainable improvement as a learning activity builds competency. Framing learning activities in the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies provides structure that supports the lifelong learning required for competent clinical practice. This article describes a creative teaching strategy clinical educators can use to enhance the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of direct care nurses for quality and safety competencies...

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BACKGROUND: Clinical evaluation is a high-stakes assessment that requires valid and reliable instruments that are understandable to faculty and students. PURPOSE: This article describes the development of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)-based clinical evaluation instruments to measure competency in prelicensure clinical courses. The goal was to establish content validation for the items included on each and appropriately level requisite behaviors to demonstrate increasing progression in clinical performance expectation from fundamentals to senior nursing clinical courses...

BACKGROUND: Although patient safety and quality are cornerstones of healthcare practice, evidence is limited of the knowledge, skills and competence of practicing nurses and midwives in Ireland. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the perceptions of nurses and midwives regarding their continuing professional development-based preparedness for, and participation in quality and safety in the clinical setting. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken across the Republic of Ireland in 2016 examining nurses and midwives' perceptions of their knowledge and skills in quality and safety methods and tools, their views of competence in this field using the domains from the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) framework (person-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics), and their participation in practice related to their access to quality and safety data...

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To evaluate perinatal nursing care for Deaf women, we conducted a pilot, descriptive study exploring women's prenatal, labor, and postpartum experiences. We used the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) framework to analyze women's responses and to explore implications for practice. Themes and women's stories are presented within the QSEN structure to promote informed and individualized perinatal nursing care for Deaf families. It is essential for nurses to stay abreast of resources and technological advances and to use culturally competent principles of communication...