Saftey Flashcards
What is the overall goal of the national patient safety initiatives?
To improve patient safety and quality of care
What are the national patient safety initiatives?
- initiatives encourage collaboration of healthcare facilities, government agencies, physicians, nurses, and clients
- overall goal is to improve patient safety and quality of care
- obtained through education, use of available resources, risk management, and reducing medication errors
How are the national patient safety initiatives obtained?
Through education, use of available resources, risk management, And reducing medication errors
What does QSEN stand for?
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
What does KSA stand for?
Knowledge, Skills, Attitude
In order to provide uniformity in core competencies that should be demonstrated by graduating nurses they came up with what program?
QSEN - Quality and safety education for nurses
The goal of the QSEN is to more effectively prepare future nurses with the practical experience and the Knowledge, Skills, and Attitude (KSA’s) necessary to provide:
Better quality and safety in healthcare settings
The QSEN program is comprised of ______ phases.
3 phases
During phase ______ of QSEN program, a team of experts evaluated quality and safety factors to determine what core competencies every graduating nurse should have as well as the KSA’s required for these competencies.
Phase I
How many core competencies are in phase 1 of the QSEN program? And what are they?
Six.
- Patient centered care
- Quality improvement
- Evidence-based practice
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Safety
- Informatics
Each of these competencies has associated knowledge, skills, and attitudes that nursing graduates are expected to have learned.
Clients are partners in their care, and thus their perspectives, beliefs, and culture need to be taken into account during their care…. This defines which core competency?
Patient centered care
Adverse events must be monitored and reported so they can be tools for learning in similar situations in the future and catalyst for improvements in quality and safety. This defines which core competency?
Quality improvement
Medicine is evolving and changing every day, and thus current medical findings must be monitored for the possibility of improved care. This defines which core competency?
Evidence-based practice
Because treatment sometimes involves multiple departments and 24 hour care, teamwork across departments and shifts is necessary for optimal care. This explains which core competency?
Teamwork and collaboration
Activities such as knowledge sharing an error reporting must be taken seriously to help improve which core competency?
Safety
