title: The Power of Alignment: Educating Nurses in Quality and Safety.
abstract: The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) grant was launched over 5 years after the Institute of Medicine's report that shared the stark truth about medical errors. The 4 phases of QSEN have provided a roadmap for nursing prelicensure and graduate students to integrate quality improvement and safety content into educational programs. By fully aligning the resources of academic programs with health care organizations, a more robust and comprehensive approach could be taken to ensure that all nurses receive the benefit of the most up-to-date and thorough education about quality and safety.
authors.affiliation: The O'Neil Center at GetWellNetwork, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Karen Neil
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Drenkard
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States