1. Patient-centered care 2. Teamwork and collaboration 3. Evidence based practice 4. Quality improvement 5.Safety 6. Informatics What are the 6 QSEN competencies?
The provision of caring and compassionate, culturally sensitive care that addresses clients' physiological, psychological, sociological...
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1. Patient-centered care
2. Teamwork and collaboration
3. Evidence based practice
4. Quality improvement
5.Safety
6. Informatics ✅What are the 6 QSEN competencies?
The provision of caring and compassionate, culturally sensitive care that addresses
clients' physiological, psychological, sociological, spiritual, and cultural needs,
preferences, and values ✅Define patient-centered care.
The delivery of client care in partnership with multidisciplinary members of the health
care team to achieve continuity of care and positive client outcomes ✅Define
Teamwork & Collaboration.
The use of current knowledge from research and other credible sources on which to
base clinical judgment and client care ✅Define Evidence-Based practice.
Care-related and organizational processes that involve the development and
implementation of a plan to improve health care services and better meet clients' needs
✅Define Quality Improvement.
The minimization of risk factors that could cause injury or harm while promoting quality
care and maintaining a secure environment for clients, self, and others ✅Define Safety
according to QSEN.
The use of information technology as a communication and information-gathering tool
that supports clinical decision-making and scientifically- based nursing practice
✅Define informatics.
•The nurse is the foundation that holds QSEN together. Safety is the most important
competency of QSEN. PCC, Teamwork and Collaboration, Evidence based practices,
and informatics all promote safety in the workplace.
•Safety: handling infectious and hazardous materials properly to maintain infection
control. Safe use of equipment ✅Discuss the interdependent QSEN competency
model and application in the practice setting.
The nurse ✅What is the foundation of QSEN?
,Organizational environment where core values and behaviors emphasize safety over
competing goals ✅According to the ANA, what is a culture of safety?
-Promotes openness and error reporting
-Results in a lower number of adverse events ✅Why is culture of safety important?
-Institute of medicine
-American Nurses Association
-The Joint Commission
-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
-Core Measures ✅What are institutions that promote client safety?
Client services, could be a slight delay in service or unsatisfactory service ✅What is a
service occurrence?
When a negative outcome ALMOST occurs ✅What is a near miss?
Minor injuries, loss of equipment of property, significant service interrupted ✅What are
serious incidents?
Events that result in a major loss of function or death that was not expected with the
client's medical condition ✅What are sentinel events?
Client attempted suicide during round-the-clock care, a hemolytic transfusion reaction,
wrong site or wrong client surgical procedures, rape, infant abduction, or discharge to
the wrong family ✅What are some examples of sentinel events?
The most severe event where the client develops a complication that results in death.
There were indicators missed by one or more healthcare personnel that indicated a
complication was occurring ✅What is failure to rescue?
•Healthcare leaders move from looking at errors as individual failures to realizing errors
are caused by system failures.
•For physicians and staff, the punitive environment shrouded in secrecy becomes a just
environment encouraging transparency.
•Healthcare changes from provider-centered to patient-centered.
•Service delivery emphasizes interdependent, collaborative, inter-professional teamwork
and moves away from independence and performance excellence for the individual
professional. ✅What are system factors that create a culture of safety in a no-blame
environment toward quality improvement?
, -Prevent infection
-Identify patient safety risks
-Prevent mistakes in surgery ✅What are some of the goals published by the Joint
Commission?
Unintentional poisoning ✅What is the leading cause of injury/death in people aged 25-
64?
Unintentional suffocation ✅What is the leading cause of death of infants (age <1)?
Unintentional drowning ✅What is the leading cause of death in children ages 1-4?
Unintentional MV traffic ✅What is the leading cause of death in children ages 5-9?
Suicide suffocation ✅What is the leading cause of death in children ages 10-14?
Unintentional MV Traffic ✅What is the leading cause of death in people aged 15-24?
• Age (pediatric and older adult clients are at greater risk)
• Mobility
• Cognitive and sensory awareness
• Emotional state
• Lifestyle and Safety Awareness
• Fall risk
• Seizures
• Restraints
•Environment ✅What are factors that affect safety in a person's environment?
-Aspiration
-Suffocation
-Water safety
-Poisoning
-Falls
-Motor vehicle injury
-Burns ✅What are the main safety risks for infants and toddlers?
- Keep small objects out of reach
- Cut or break food that is age appropriate into bite-size pieces
- Do not place the infant in the supine position while feeding or to prop the infant's bottle
✅What teaching methods should be completed for parents of infants and toddlers in
regard to aspiration?
- Follow recommendations for safe sleep environment and positioning for infants
- Keep latex balloons and plastic bags away from infants and toddlers
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