Verified Answers
to prepare nurses with the competencies necessary to continuously improve the quality and
safety of the health care systems in which they work - correct answer ✔✔Purpose of Quality &
Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN)
RWJ Foundation - correct answer ✔✔QSEN is funded by...
Linda Cronenwett - correct answer ✔✔PI: _____ _______, PhD, RN, FAAN
'identity',
caring, knowledge, honesty and integrity,
development - correct answer ✔✔Goals of QSEN are To alter nursing's professional 'identity' so
that when we think of what it means to be a respected nurse, we think not only of ______,
_____,______ and _______, But also, that it means that we value, possess, and collectively
support the ______ of quality and safety competencies
1)Patient/Family Centered Care
2)Teamwork and Collaboration
3)Safety
4)Evidence-based Practice
5)Quality Improvement
6)Informatics - correct answer ✔✔Competencies of QSEN (6)
,1)Knowledge
2)Skills
3)Attitude - correct answer ✔✔Components of QSEN (3)
Listen to patient and demonstrate compassion and respect. - correct answer ✔✔Old
patient/family centered care
Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing
compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values and
needs - correct answer ✔✔New patient/family centered care
partnered, providers - information, resources, access and support - correct answer ✔✔Key
message of QSEN: The patient and family are in a _______ relationship with their health care
_____ and are equipped with relevant _____, ______, ____ and _______ to fully engage in
and/or direct the health care experience as they choose.
no - correct answer ✔✔when the patient/family may be involved, but the health care provider
retains control over decision-making, patient needs and preferences may or may not be sought,
and rarely drive care decisions (patient-focused care...yes or no?)
Examine common barriers to active involvement of patients in their own health care process
Describe strategies to empower patients or families in all aspects of the health care process -
correct answer ✔✔Knowledge of patient-centered care
Remove barriers to presence of families and other designated surrogates based on patient
preferences
, Engage patients or designated surrogates in active partnerships that promote health, safety and
well-being, and self-care management - correct answer ✔✔Skills of patient-centered care
Respect patient preferences for degree of active engagement in care process
Respect patient's right to access to personal health records - correct answer ✔✔Attitudes of
patient-centered care
Work side by side with other HC professionals while performing nursing skills. - correct answer
✔✔Old collaboration and teamwork
Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication,
mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care - correct answer
✔✔New collaboration and teamwork
Function effectively within the team to achieve quality patient care. - correct answer
✔✔Definition of collaboration and teamwork
1)Open communication
2)Mutual respect
3)Shared decision making - correct answer ✔✔3 components of collaboration and teamwork
Joint decision making among independent parties
•Involving joint ownership of decisions
•Collective responsibility for outcomes
•Working across professional boundaries - correct answer ✔✔Collaboration is...