What are the 6 QSEN competencies? Correct Answer 1. Patient Centered Care
2. Teamwork & Collaboration
3. Evidence Based Practice
4. Safety
5. Quality Improvement
6. Informatics
What is patient centered care? Correct Answer - Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and...
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What are the 6 QSEN competencies? Correct Answer 1. Patient Centered Care
2. Teamwork & Collaboration
3. Evidence Based Practice
4. Safety
5. Quality Improvement
6. Informatics
What is patient centered care? Correct Answer - Recognize the patient or designee as
the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care
based on respect for the patient's preferences, values, and needs.
- Patient preferences & values
* culture/diversity
- Needs
* pain relief/comfort
- ethical/legal aspects
* confidentiality/privacy
- include the patient and their family
What are the 3 dimensions of competence included w/ each competency? Correct
Answer - Knowledge: how to do something? application-- why??
- Skills: completing the task; communication
- Attitude: how do you approach it
What is teamwork & collaboration? Correct Answer - function effectively within nursing
and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, & shared
decision-making to achieve quality patent care.
- roles of the healthcare team
- communication skills
- conflict resolution
What is evidence based practice? Correct Answer - integrate best current evidence with
clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health
care
- differentiate clinical opinion from research & EBP
- ? rationale for routine approaches
- locate EB resources & guidelines
- identify the strength of evidence
Why would utilizing the most current & evidence-based treatment options/interventions
improve quality & safety? Correct Answer -allows you to stay informed
- things change; research keeps you updated
, What is quality improvement? Correct Answer - Use data to monitor the outcomes of
care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to
continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
- describe approaches to changing processes of care
- recognize that all students are part of the processes that affect outcomes
- describes a continuous process
What is safety? Correct Answer - Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers
through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
- use appropriate strategies to reduce reliance on memory
- understand, participate in, & value a culture of safety
what are some ways that patients may be harmed or injured in a hospital? Correct
Answer - med errors, wrong site of surgery, malnutrition, nosocomial infections
What can nurses do to prevent those injuries? Correct Answer - stay competent w/ skills
& safety measures
What is informatics? Correct Answer - broad academic field encompassing artificial
intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, information science, and social
science
What are the clinical questions? Correct Answer P = population
I = intervention
C = comparison
O = outcome
T = time
Describe each of the PICOT questions. Correct Answer - population: who? where?
- intervention: what are we going to do? what are we studying?
- comparison: whats the standard of care?
- outcome: what are we try to accomplish?
- time: how long?
Methods of Research: Qualitative Correct Answer - emotional response
- human behavior
- subjective
Appraisal of Evidence Correct Answer - lower the #, the higher the level of evidence
1. Systematic reviews or meta-analysis of RCT's & evidence-based clinical guidelines
2. Well-designed RCT's
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