Exam 1 - Chapter 13

Question 1

What does QSEN stand for?

Answer 1

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

Question 2

Goal of QSEN?

Answer 2

TO meet the challenge of preparing future nurses who will have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems within which they work

Question 3

What are the six categories under QSEN?

Answer 3

Patient-Centered Care
Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality Improvement
Safety
Informatics

Question 4

What falls under Patient-Centered Care?

Answer 4

Listening to the patient and demonstrating respect and compassion

Question 5

What does KSA stand for?

Answer 5

Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes

Question 6

Patient Centered Care: KSA - K

Answer 6

Integrate undersanding of multiple dimensions of person-centered care

Question 7

Patient Centered Care: KSA - S

Answer 7

Elicit patient values, preferences, and expressed needs as part of the clinical interview, implementation of care plan

Question 8

Patient Centered Care: KSA - A

Answer 8

Value seeing health care situations “through patients eyes”

Question 9

What falls under Teamwork and Collaboration?

Answer 9

Traditional view of teamwork may involve working side by side with other health care professionals while forming nursing skills

Question 10

Teamwork and Collaboration: KSA - K

Answer 10

Describe scope of practice and roles of health care team members

Question 11

Teamwork and Collaboration: KSA - S

Answer 11

Follow communication practices that minimize risk associated with handoff among providers and across transition in care

Question 12

Teamwork and Collaboration: KSA - A

Answer 12

Acknowledge own potential to contribute to effective team functioning

Question 13

What is Evidence-Based Practice

Answer 13

Traditional practice involve adhering to internal policies to standardize skills execution

Question 14

Evidence-Based Practice: KSA - K

Answer 14

Describe evidence-based practice to include compotents of research evidence, and clincial expertise

Question 15

Evidence-Based Practice: KSA - S

Answer 15

BAse individualized care plan on patient values, clinical experience

Question 16

Evidence-Based Practice: KSA - A

Answer 16

Value the concept of evidence-based practice as integral to determining best clinical practice

Question 17

What is quality improvement?

Answer 17

Long-standing approach to quality involves routinely updating nursing policies and procedures

Question 18

Quality Improvement: KSA -K

Answer 18

Recognition that nursing and other health professions students are parts of systems of care and care processes that affect outcomes for patients and families

Question 19

Evidence-Based Practice: KSA - S

Answer 19

The Delphi rating did not identify a beginning skills in quality improvement, but rather recommended introduction and emphasis in intermediate or advanced experiences

Question 20

Evidence-Based Practice: KSA - A

Answer 20

Appreciate continuous quality improvement as essential in the daily work of all health care professionals

Question 21

What falls under Safety

Answer 21

Simplistic, traditional definition of safety is to use bed rails properly to ensure that my patient does not fall during my shift

Question 22

Safety: KSA - K

Answer 22

Examine human factors and other basic safety design principles as well as commonly used unsafe practices

Question 23

Safety: KSA - S

Answer 23

DEmonstrate effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others

Question 24

Safety: KSA - A

Answer 24

Value the contributions of standardization and reliability to safety

Question 25

What falls under Informatics

Answer 25

Using information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making

Question 26

Informatics: KSA - K

Answer 26

Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care

Question 27

Informatics: KSA - S

Answer 27

Apply technology and information management tools ot support safe processes of care

Question 28

Informatics: KSA - A

Answer 28

Value technologies support decision making, error prevention, and care coordination