QSEN/Safety/Quality

What does QSEN stand for?

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses.

What are the six QSEN competencies in order?

Patient-Centered Care → Teamwork & Collaboration → EBP → QI → Safety → Informatics.

What is the QSEN mnemonic PTEQSI?

Patient-centered, Teamwork, Evidence-based practice, Quality improvement, Safety, Informatics.

What is Patient-Centered Care?

Patient is the source of control and full partner; care respects preferences, values, and needs.

A nurse includes patient preferences in care decisions. Which QSEN competency?

Patient-Centered Care.

What is Teamwork & Collaboration?

Effective interprofessional teamwork using open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making.

A healthcare team communicates openly and makes decisions together. Which competency?

Teamwork & Collaboration.

What three elements make up Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)?

Best current evidence + Clinical expertise + Patient values.

What is Quality Improvement (QI)?

Using outcome data to monitor performance and design/test changes to improve care.

What is the difference between EBP and QI?

EBP: What does the best evidence recommend? QI: What do our data show, and what change can we test?

A nurse researches the best intervention for a patient. EBP or QI?

EBP: Uses current research, clinical expertise, and patient values.

A hospital analyzes fall rates and tests a new prevention process. EBP or QI?

QI: Uses outcome data to test improvements.

What is QSEN Safety?

Minimizing harm to patients and providers through system effectiveness and individual performance.

What five patient-safety areas are listed in the guide?

Medication safety, infection prevention, fall prevention, accurate communication, and monitoring.

Does QSEN Safety focus only on individual nurse performance?

No. It includes both system effectiveness and individual performance.

How does adequate nurse staffing improve patient care?

Improves surveillance, safety, and quality; associated with reduced mortality and burnout.

What is QSEN Informatics?

Using information and technology to support nursing care and clinical decisions.

What four purposes does Informatics serve?

Communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decisions.

A nurse uses technology to prevent medication errors. Which QSEN competency?

Informatics: Technology helps mitigate errors.

How can you quickly distinguish all six QSEN competencies?

Patient-Centered: preferences; Teamwork: collaboration; EBP: evidence; QI: outcome data; Safety: prevent harm; Informatics: technology.