What are the 6 QSEN competencies? - ✅✅1. Patient-centered care
2. Teamwork and collaboration
3. Evidence based practice
4. Quality improvement
5. Safety
6. Informatics
What is atelectasis? - ✅✅ Incomplete expansion or collapse of a part of the lungs
What is hypostatic pneumonia? - ✅✅ A type of pneumonia that results from
inactivity and immobility.
What are the hazards of immobility on the cardiovascular system? - ✅✅
Orthostatic hypotension, decreased CO = increased workload, increased risk of
thrombus (blood clots) formation.
What are the hazards of immobility on the musculoskeletal system? - ✅✅ Loss
of endurance, muscle mass, and decreased stability and balance.
What are the hazards of immobility on the muscles? - ✅✅
-Loss of muscle mass
,-Muscle atrophy.
What are the hazards of immobility on the skeletal system? - ✅✅- Impaired
calcium absorption
- Joint abnormalities
What are the hazards of immobility on the urinary system? - ✅✅- Urinary stasis
(Urine sits in the urethra for a long time increased infection rates
- Renal calculi (kidney stones), UTI.
What is renal calculi? - ✅✅ Kidney stones
What is urinary stasis? - ✅✅ Stagnation of urinary flow.
What are the hazards of immobility on the integumentary system? - ✅✅ Pressure
ulcer ischemia (bedsores).
What are the benefits of exercise/mobility on the cardiovascular system? - ✅✅
- Increased efficiency of heart
- Decreased resting heart rate and blood pressure
- Increased blood flow and oxygenation of all body parts.
What are the benefits of exercise/mobility on the respiratory system? - ✅✅
- Increased depth of respiration
- Increased respiratory rate
- Increased gas exchange at alveolar level
,- Increased rate of carbon dioxide excretion.
Define patient-centered care. - ✅✅ The provision of caring and compassionate,
culturally sensitive care that addresses clients' physiological, psychological,
sociological, spiritual, and cultural needs, preferences, and values
Define Teamwork & Collaboration. - ✅✅ The delivery of client care in
partnership with multidisciplinary members of the health care team to achieve
continuity of care and positive client outcomes
Define Evidence-Based practice. - ✅✅ The use of current knowledge from
research and other credible sources on which to base clinical judgment and client
care
Define Quality Improvement. - ✅✅ Care-related and organizational processes
that involve the development and implementation of a plan to improve health care
services and better meet clients' needs
Define Safety according to QSEN. - ✅✅ The minimization of risk factors that
could cause injury or harm while promoting quality care and maintaining a secure
environment for clients, self, and others.
Define informatics. - ✅✅ The use of information technology as a
communication and information-gathering tool that supports clinical decision-
making and scientifically- based nursing practice.
Discuss the interdependent QSEN competency model and application in the
practice setting. - ✅✅•The nurse is the foundation that holds QSEN together.
Safety is the most important competency of QSEN. PCC, Teamwork and
Collaboration, Evidence based practices, and informatics all promote safety in the
workplace.
, •Safety: handling infectious and hazardous materials properly to maintain infection
control. Safe use of equipment
What is the foundation of QSEN? - ✅✅ The nurse
According to the ANA, what is a culture of safety? - ✅✅
Organizational environment where core values and behaviors emphasize safety
over competing goals.
Why is culture of safety important? - ✅✅ -Promotes openness and error
reporting
-Results in a lower number of adverse events
What are institutions that promote client safety? - ✅✅-Institute of medicine
-American Nurses Association
-The Joint Commission
-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
-Core Measures
What is a service occurrence? - ✅✅ Client services, could be a slight delay in
service or unsatisfactory service
What is a near miss? - ✅✅ When a negative outcome almost occurs
What are serious incidents? - ✅✅
Minor injuries, loss of equipment of property, significant service interrupted.