Qsen Nursing Education

The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) mission it to foster patient safety and improved health quality in the healthcare systems through ensuring that healthcare professionals have the relevant skills, knowledge and attitudes (QSEN, 2017). The QSEN initiatives define the relevant healthcare quality and safety competencies for nursing. The QSEN student should develop leadership skills; promote graduate partnership, health literacy and teamwork and collaboration.
The QSEN competencies for the Graduate BSN nurse are; Patient-centred care, teamwork and collaboration, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), Quality Improvement (QI), Safety and Informatics. Providing patient-centred care provides for the nurse to recognize the role of the patient
The nurse should have the knowledge to coordinate care with the family and friends of the patient so as to ensure that they provide both physical and emotional support (QSEN, 2017). In addition, the nurse should have the relevant skills to communicate with the patient to identify the needs and preferences of the patient and also alleviate pain and suffering. Finally, a BSN nurse should have the attitude to not only value and honour the needs of the patient but also provide culturally-sensitive care in treating and alleviating pain and suffering from the patient (QSEN, 2017). The second QSEN competence is teamwork. Teamwork is the process of the BSN nurse working effectively within an interdisciplinary team through effective communication skills, respect and shared decision-making in the process of delivering high quality healthcare. In this regard, a nurse should have the
Nurses therefore should have the knowledge to assess the best and current evidence that also encompass clinical practice and the values and preferences of the patients (QSEN, 2017). A BSN nurse should also have the relevant skills to employ comprehensive search with the aim of addressing pertinent clinical questions. A BSN nurse should also have the attitude to recognize public policies in regards to evidence search. The fourth QSEN competence is Quality Improvement to used observed and recorded data and findings to monitor outcomes of the healthcare process and improvement interventions (QSEN, 2017). Thus, nurses should have the knowledge to implement methods for quality improvements as well as possible variations in regards to clinical outcomes in healthcare. Nurses should have the skills to integrate with the relevant search tools as well as ensure patient confidentiality in regards to patient outcomes for quality improvements (QSEN, 2017). Nurses should also have the attitude to value the importance of ethical conduct in regards to quality improvement measures. Finally, the last competence is in ensuring patient safety by healthcare providers. Thus nurses should have the knowledge to be accountable and ensure that their clinical practice is free from error (QSEN, 2017). Nurses should also