Core Competencies for Safe and Quality
Nursing Care (EXAM 1) questions and
answers.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•Describe the impact of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports on the quality of health
care in the United States.
•Define the IOM competencies, outline the IOM's six aims for health care, and analyze
the IOM's 10 rules for health care in the 21st century.
•Compare and contrast the IOM competencies and the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses (QSEN) core competencies.
•Identify and describe fundamental elements for each core competency for nursing.
•Discuss the importance of effective nursing leadership and management in providing
safe and quality patient-centered care. - CORRECT ANSWER.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•Describe the impact of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports on the quality of health
care in the United States.
•Define the IOM competencies, outline the IOM's six aims for health care, and analyze
the IOM's 10 rules for health care in the 21st century.
•Compare and contrast the IOM competencies and the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses (QSEN) core competencies.
•Identify and describe fundamental elements for each core competency for nursing.
•Discuss the importance of effective nursing leadership and management in providing
safe and quality patient-centered care.
, What are the 3 key IOM Reports? and explain each? - CORRECT ANSWER.*•To Err Is
Human:* Building a Safer Health System (2000)—began patient safety movement,
medical errors as the leading cause of injury in the US [up to 98,000 deaths per year]
*•Crossing the Quality Chasm:* A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001)—
outlined six aims for health-care improvement [included that healthcare should be safe,
effective, pt centered, timely, and efficient and equitable] (Murray, Table 1-1 on page 5)
*•Health Professions Education:* A Bridge to Quality (2003)—identified five core
competencies for all health-care professions [education to address the aims of the last
report]
What did these 3 Key IOM Reports do? - CORRECT ANSWER.3 Landmark reports for US.
These 3 reports really *started the pt safety movement and have helped affect
healthcare.*(before these reports they thought healthcare was amazing but with these
reports we identified there were safety issues in healthcare>>>then found ways to make
more safe)
*IOM*
-IOM was changed in 2016 to the HMD but for this class we're going to stick with the
IOM since it was called that when these documents were published.
-IOM is a private nonprofit institution that is suppose to provide independent and
objective analysis and advice to the nation on healthcare to help us solve abstract
problems and affect public policy development.
-These reports starting to let us know that there were problems in healthcare that
needed to be fixed to ensure safer care. - CORRECT ANSWER.*IOM*
-IOM was changed in 2016 to the HMD but for this class we're going to stick with the
IOM since it was called that when these documents were published.
-IOM is a private nonprofit institution that is suppose to provide independent and
objective analysis and advice to the nation on healthcare to help us solve abstract
problems and affect public policy development.
-These reports starting to let us know that there were problems in healthcare that
needed to be fixed to ensure safer care.
What is the Patient Safety Movement? - CORRECT ANSWER.*•Nurses at all levels are
leaders in the patient safety movement.*
*•Every nurse must be educated to: Deliver high quality safe patient-centered care as a
member of an interprofessional team.*
Nurses are the largest part of the healthcare workforce in the US. We are also the most
trusted provider so we need to leaders in the pt safety movement
*WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED BELOW?*
Nursing Care (EXAM 1) questions and
answers.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•Describe the impact of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports on the quality of health
care in the United States.
•Define the IOM competencies, outline the IOM's six aims for health care, and analyze
the IOM's 10 rules for health care in the 21st century.
•Compare and contrast the IOM competencies and the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses (QSEN) core competencies.
•Identify and describe fundamental elements for each core competency for nursing.
•Discuss the importance of effective nursing leadership and management in providing
safe and quality patient-centered care. - CORRECT ANSWER.LEARNING OBJECTIVES
•Describe the impact of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports on the quality of health
care in the United States.
•Define the IOM competencies, outline the IOM's six aims for health care, and analyze
the IOM's 10 rules for health care in the 21st century.
•Compare and contrast the IOM competencies and the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses (QSEN) core competencies.
•Identify and describe fundamental elements for each core competency for nursing.
•Discuss the importance of effective nursing leadership and management in providing
safe and quality patient-centered care.
, What are the 3 key IOM Reports? and explain each? - CORRECT ANSWER.*•To Err Is
Human:* Building a Safer Health System (2000)—began patient safety movement,
medical errors as the leading cause of injury in the US [up to 98,000 deaths per year]
*•Crossing the Quality Chasm:* A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001)—
outlined six aims for health-care improvement [included that healthcare should be safe,
effective, pt centered, timely, and efficient and equitable] (Murray, Table 1-1 on page 5)
*•Health Professions Education:* A Bridge to Quality (2003)—identified five core
competencies for all health-care professions [education to address the aims of the last
report]
What did these 3 Key IOM Reports do? - CORRECT ANSWER.3 Landmark reports for US.
These 3 reports really *started the pt safety movement and have helped affect
healthcare.*(before these reports they thought healthcare was amazing but with these
reports we identified there were safety issues in healthcare>>>then found ways to make
more safe)
*IOM*
-IOM was changed in 2016 to the HMD but for this class we're going to stick with the
IOM since it was called that when these documents were published.
-IOM is a private nonprofit institution that is suppose to provide independent and
objective analysis and advice to the nation on healthcare to help us solve abstract
problems and affect public policy development.
-These reports starting to let us know that there were problems in healthcare that
needed to be fixed to ensure safer care. - CORRECT ANSWER.*IOM*
-IOM was changed in 2016 to the HMD but for this class we're going to stick with the
IOM since it was called that when these documents were published.
-IOM is a private nonprofit institution that is suppose to provide independent and
objective analysis and advice to the nation on healthcare to help us solve abstract
problems and affect public policy development.
-These reports starting to let us know that there were problems in healthcare that
needed to be fixed to ensure safer care.
What is the Patient Safety Movement? - CORRECT ANSWER.*•Nurses at all levels are
leaders in the patient safety movement.*
*•Every nurse must be educated to: Deliver high quality safe patient-centered care as a
member of an interprofessional team.*
Nurses are the largest part of the healthcare workforce in the US. We are also the most
trusted provider so we need to leaders in the pt safety movement
*WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED BELOW?*
