CORRECT ANSWERS.
Which published works served as the impetus for the development of the QSEN cempetencies? (select
2)
a. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
b. The John Robert Woods Foundation Report
c. "To Err is Human; Building a Safer Health System"
d. The Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
e. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century ANS - c,e
c. "To Err is Human; Building a Safer Health System"
e. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century
The IOM report highlighted the need for professional education in all healthcare professions. The
multidisciplinary summit that came about in response to the report established which student needs as
priorities? (select 4)
a. students are not prepared to work in interdisciplinary teams in their education; however, this is an
expectation once in practice.
b. Students may not have had any exposure to health care and may find it not what they expected once
they complete their education
c. Students are not consistently educated in how to find, evaluate, and use the rapidly expanding
scientific evidence based on which practice should be based
d. Students have limited training in information systems such as electronic health records and other
means of accessing information necessary in practice
e. Students' educational needs did not integrate content on how to care for increasingly diverse, older
adult and complex chronic ANS - a,c,d,e
, a. students are not prepared to work in interdisciplinary teams in their education; however, this is an
expectation once in practice.
c. Students are not consistently educated in how to find, evaluate, and use the rapidly expanding
scientific evidence based on which practice should be based
d. Students have limited training in information systems such as electronic health records and other
means of accessing information necessary in practice
e. Students' educational needs did not integrate content on how to care for increasingly diverse, older
adult and complex chronically ill patient populations
Which are components of the six established QSEN competencies?
a. skills
b. attitudes
c. ambition
d. knowledge
e. memorization
f. professionalism ANS - a,b,d
a. skills
b. attitudes
d. knowledge
In which ways does the achievement of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAS) by nurses improve
the quality and safety of patient care? (select 4)
a. nurses adopt low-risk approaches to high-risk situations
b. nurses become adept at using technology to reduce errors
c. nurses learn to follow policies that will protect the hospital against lawsuits
d. nurses involve the patient and family in the planning and implementation of care
e. nurses look at data with the idea of using it to drive improvements in patient outcomes