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Describe QSEN. What is the purpose? Quality and Safety Education for Nurses - QSEN
Developed to help prepare future nurses who will be needed in their health care environments
to improve patient safety.*Idea is to teach student nurses how always to be thinking about how
to improve care for patients.*
- AACN (American association of college nursing) says nurses today need to begin their nursing
careers w/ knowledge about how to create and continuously improve systems of care
Name some reputable websites. Describe CARS in relation to evaluating a website. Confine
your Internet searches to well-known & reputable sites:
- Office of the Surgeon General
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
CARS = tool designed to help you evaluate a website:
Credibility--authoritative source?
Accuracy—correct today?
Reasonableness—engages subject thoughtfully, reasonably, truthfully?
Support—triangulated sources?
Describe CAFE as a way of dealing with information obtained from the internet. (C)
Challenge information and demand accountability
, (A) Adapt and require more credibility and evidence
for stronger claims—be skeptical of information
(F) File new information in your mind rather than immediately believing or disbelieving
(E) Evaluate and reevaluate regularly—recognize dynamic, fluid nature of information
What are the 5 steps of nursing research utilization? Step 1: Preutilization
Step 2: Assessing
Step 3: Planning
Step 4: Implementing
Step 5: Evaluating
-Examine peer-reviewed research reports
Research report is viewed by an expert panel for consideration to be published in a peer-
reviewed scholarly journal
What is the NINR? What is its function? National institute of nursing research = NINR
- Major source of federal funding for nursing research
- Supports education in research methods, research career development, and excellence in
nursing science
- establishes a National Nursing Research Agenda: composed of priority topics for nursing
research for the development of nursing science (ex: health promotion & disease prevention,
quality-of-life issues, health disparities, end-of-life care)
Evidence-based practice (EBP) - why is it important, how is it implemented The use of
current best evidence in making decisions about patient care. *It is one strategy to reduce the
amount of time required to integrate new health care findings into practice.*
Use the following steps to answer clinical questions: