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Quality Safety Education for Nurses Andrea Nelson Beckfield College

Abstract According to the ANA, there are six focus-area competencies in QSEN: These “zones” of nursing work each represent areas where quality and safety standards should be practiced. Each competency involves skills, knowledge bases and attitudes nurses should have on the topic. The six competencies are Patient care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence bases practice, quality improvement safety and informatics Keywords: ANA, QSEN

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The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Collaboration formed in response to the call from the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) to improve the quality and safety of health care. That call to action identified five competencies required by all health care providers to transform the health care system, shifting the emphasis to include patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, use of evidence-based practice, quality improvement skills, and the integrated use of informatics in the care provided for patients. Shortly afterward in 2005, the QSEN collaboration, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Linda Cronenwett, adopted those five competencies, added safety as a sixth competency, and the newly developed QSEN competencies became the blueprint for nurse educators working to re-channel the focus of formal nursing education programs.

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3 Quality Safety Education for Nurses Safety Safety, which focuses on preventing harm to patients. A knowledge-related competency

would be described factors that create a culture of safety. The most common breach in safety that occurs in hospital settings are medication errors. It has been estimated that 7000 deaths occur annually across all patient populations due to medication errors. The National Coordinating Council for Medication Errors Reporting and Prevention takes the stance that there is no acceptable incidence rate for medication errors, and that the goal should be to continually improve health care systems so that medication errors are prevented. The interventions are needed to decrease medication errors and improve patient safety through safe medication administration. A medication error is defined as any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. An ADE which is an Adverse Drug Event, were an injury that results from a medication or from the lack of an intended medication. It is important to note that not all medication errors cause an ADE. Medication errors occur more frequently in the pediatric inpatient population than in the adult population.

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Quality Safety Education for Nurses Patient-Centered Care In patient-centered care, an individual’s specific health needs and desired health outcomes are the driving force behind all health care decisions and quality measurements. Patients are partners with their health care providers, and providers treat patients not only from a clinical perspective, but also from an emotional, mental, spiritual, social, and financial perspective Patient- and family-centered care encourages the active collaboration and Shared decision making shared between patients, families, and providers to design and manage a comprehensive care plan. Patient-centered care in the hospital, have strict visiting hours and visitor restrictions which is consider patient-centered care. Patients are given the authority to identify who can visit and when. Family members are invited to visit during rounding and shift changes so they can be part of the care team, participating in discussions and care decisions. When not in the room with the patient, they are kept informed of their loved one’s progress through direct and timely updates. A patient-centered care hospital’s infrastructure encourages family collaboration through a home-like environment that not only meets the needs of the patient, but also meets the needs of family members. Nurse's support QSEN core values when delivering patient care by recognize the patient as the source of control and full p partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs, always provide patient-centered care with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience.

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References: https://www.healio.com/nursing/jourals.com http://nursingworld.org https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov https://healthleadsusa.org...