References: Answers.com. Cerner Corporation‚ 2012. Retrieved March 11‚ 2012 from; http://www.answers.com/topic/cerner-corporation. Heart Failure Matters‚ 2012 Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)‚ (2009). Quality and safety competencies
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Informatics is part of the knowledge and skills a nurse must have to be successful in the healthcare field. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) recommends informatics as a nursing competency for nursing students to develop in undergraduate academic programs. With the influx of patient numbers‚ the emergence and expansion of new medical procedures‚ medical discoveries‚ and an elaborate healthcare system‚ informatics is inevitable. Health informatics combines healthcare‚ informational
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discussion of how nursing practice is affected by the use of nursing theory. I will provide evidence in relation to how theory based practice relates to the core competencies of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project. I will discuss a journal article that reinforces the gap of nursing theory in nursing practice‚ and interview colleagues regarding the incorporation of theory in their individual practice. In conclusion I will express my own view point
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Patient Safety/Quality Care/Improvement Case Study 1. Overview of what are medical errors and possible consequences of such errors? The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines medical errors as “the failure of a planned action to be completed as intended or the use of a wrong plan to achieve an aim.” Medical errors do not all result in harm or injury. Medical errors that cause injury or harm are sometimes called preventable adverse events – that is the injury is thought to be due to a medical intervention
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Growth in the nursing profession are occurring at face pace‚ when it comes to providing safe‚ effective and efficient patient care. This is to ensure that each patient receives the appropriate care during their stay at a hospital. To ensure patient satisfaction and improve their outcomes‚ it is imperative that important goals are implemented. As stated by Finkelman‚ the correct leadership approach is essential to incorporate self-confidence‚ empathy‚ change catalyst and visionary leadership (p.10)
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According to the QSEN Institute‚ teamwork and collaboration is working effectively within inter-professional teams which fosters open communication‚ mutual respect‚ and shared decision making (2014). Inter-professional collaboration between nurses and physicians is dependent on “individual values‚ beliefs‚ and attitudes” (Regan‚ Laschinger‚ & Wong 2016). Many times their values and beliefs are a result of learned behaviors or have been passed on from past preceptors and mentors. One of the barriers
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STUDY GUIDE NR 340 EXAM TWO *Remember: The exam questions will test more of the higher level thinking skills (analyzing‚ application‚ and evaluating) and fewer lower level (remembering‚ understanding)‚ with the nursing process and QSEN application. There may be medication calculation and multiple answers. Pharmacodynamics of medications - i.e. action/therapeutic effects‚ uses‚ and nursing implications for the following: crystalloid solutions colloid solutions hypotonic/hypertonic solutions
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QSEN is an organization that focus nurses on the quality and safety education. It is an organization that helps prepare future nurses for the most current knowledge‚ attitudes‚ and skills for the best possible practice (QSEN.org). Lateral violence among nurses is a relevant and unfortunate situation; occurs when a nurse is bullied by other nurses‚ usually by a more seasoned nurse. “Lateral violence has shown to yield detrimental effects on workplace satisfaction‚ workforce retention‚ and the psychological
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Mislabeling of Medical Orders‚ Stuffing Charts Phyllis A. Harman University of Southern Indiana Mislabeling of Medical Orders‚ Stuffing Charts Describe the Situation and How Handled A patient was admitted to the medical surgical unit for the emergency room. New admissions require labels and a demographic printout be printed and accompany the patient to the unit. This unit uses electronic charting as well as paper charting for the physicians. The paper chart contains; blank medical orders
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Nurses play a vital role in achieving the safety and quality of patient care and reducing adverse outcomes. Patient safety is one the most important component of our health care system and is essential to quality health care. The QSEN defines safety for nurses as “minimize(ing) risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance”. Patients’ safety is a one of the most challenging matter for the reason that errors and mistakes can and do happen. In
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