NUR 108 Final Exam
- Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Answer addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with the competencies needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their work environments; focuses on improving programs within accreditation
patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics
- Patient-centered care
Answer involves listening to the patient and demonstrating re- spect and compassion
- emphasizes 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
K
integrate an understanding of multiple dimensions of person-centered care
patient, family, community, preferences and values; coordination and integration of care, information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional support; involvement of friends and family
S
elicit patient values, preferences, and express needs as a part of the clinical interview, Implementation of the care plan, and evaluation of care
A 1 / 4
value in seeing healthcare situations "through the patient's eyes"
- Teamwork and collaboration
Answer working side by side with other healthcare pro- fessionals while forming nursing skills. Calls for functioning effectively within nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to achieve quality patient care
K
describe the scope of practice and the roles of healthcare team members S follow communication practices that minimize the risk associated with the handoff among providers and across transition of care
A
acknowledge own potential to contribute to effective team functioning
- Evidence-based practice (EBP)
Answer involves adhering to the internal policies to standardize skills execution
- specifies the integration of the best current evidence with the clinical expertise and patient and
family preferences and values for the delivery of optimal healthcare
K
describe how evidence-based practice to include components of research evi- dence, clinical expertise, and patient and family values 2 / 4
S
base the individualized care plan on patient values and family values, clinical expertise, and evidence
A
value to concept of evidence-based practice as integral to determining the best clinical practice
- Quality improvement
Answer involves routinely updating nursing policies and proce- dures. recommends the use of data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use of the improvement methods to design test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare services
K
recognition that nursing and other healthcare profession students are parts of systems of care and care processes that affect outcomes for patients and their families
S
recommend introduction and emphasis in intermediate and advanced experi- ences A appreciate continuous quality improvement essential to the daily work of all healthcare professionals
- Safety
Answer 3 / 4
A simplest traditional definition is the use of bed rails to ensure the patient does not fall during the shift. assures the recognition of a culture of safety and minimization of the risk of harm to patients through both systems effectiveness and individual performance.
K
examine human factors and other basic safety design principles as well as commonly used unsafe practices (workarounds, dangerous abbreviations)
S
demonstrate the effective use of strategies to reduce the risk of harm to self and to others A value the contributions of standardization and reliability to safety
- Informatics
Answer consists of timely and accurate charting. also calls for using infor- mation and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making.
K
explain why information and technology skills are "essential" to safe patient practice/care
S
apply technology and information management tools to support the processes of care A
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