Nursing students identifying quality and safety education competencies in the clinical setting

Strategy Overview

The QSEN competencies and National Patient Safety Goals are used to provide standards of care to nursing students. Both of these tools provide guidelines and examples of care for nursing students and registered nurses. These standards are widely used within a variety of hospital settings.

Strategy Activity:

Prior to the beginning of clinical the students are taught about QSEN competencies and National Patient Safety Goals. The students are then given copies of the QSEN competencies and National Patient Safety Goals. The QSEN competencies and National Patient Safety Goals are then reviewed again in pre-conference before the students go to their assigned nursing units. The students and faculty should be able to provide a few examples they have seen in the hospital that might qualify under the QSEN competencies titled safety and patient-centered care. This is not a time to focus on the negative aspects of the nurses, doctors, and ancillary staff, but to learn from what they are observing and to decipher best practices. Moreover, this activity will help the students to identify specific QSEN competencies and National Patient Safety Goals and implement those standards into their own practice.

Patient-Centered Care:

Students will identify patient-centered care either being delivered, or not, in the hospital setting. The students will provide patient-centered care during the clinical day. (Knowledge, Skills)

Students will assess patients for their pain and comfort level. (Knowledge, Skills)

Teamwork and Collaboration

Students will demonstrate teamwork and collaboration as an active member of the healthcare team. Students will be able to identify how communication aids in resolving conflict. (Knowledge, Skills)

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

Students will be able to differentiate between a nurse’s opinion and research or evidence. Students will be able to locate policies and guidelines that support nursing practice (Knowledge, Skills)

Safety

Students will be able to identify ways to reduce the risk of harm to the patient. Students will be able to identify and describe a culture of safety. (Knowledge, Skill)

Informatics

Students will be able to able to identify how information is managed in order to provide care to patients. Students will be able to describe ways of protecting electronic health records (Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes)

Links:

Identify QSEN Competencies or National Patient Safety Goals: Link

http://onlinetraining.umassmed.edu/p7hr2zxwirq/

www.jointcommission.org

qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/