Quality and Safety Education for Nurses.
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) addresses the challenge of preparing nurses with the competencies necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems in which they work. The QSEN faculty members adapted the Institute of Medicine(1) competencies for nursing (patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics), proposing definitions that could describe essential features of what it means to be a competent and respected nurse. Using the competency definitions, the authors propose statements of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) for each competency that should be developed during pre-licensure nursing education. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) faculty and advisory board members invite the profession to comment on the competencies and their definitions and on whether the KSAs for pre-licensure education are appropriate goals for students preparing for basic practice as a registered nurse.
Cronenwett
Linda
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School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460, USA. lcronenwett@unc.edu
Sherwood
Gwen
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Barnsteiner
Jane
J
Disch
Joanne
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Johnson
Jean
J
Mitchell
Pamela
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Sullivan
Dori Taylor
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Warren
Judith
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States