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qsen institute competencies

Competencies

Using the Institute of Medicine (2003) competencies for nursing, QSEN faculty have defined pre-licensure and graduate quality and safety competencies for nursing and proposed targets for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be developed in nursing pre-licensure programs for each competency.

 

  • Patient-Centered Care

  • Teamwork & Collaboration

  • Evidence-Based Practice

  • Quality Improvement

  • Safety

  • Informatics

 

 

Led by a national advisory board and distinguished faculty, QSEN pursues strategies to build will and develop effective teaching approaches to assure that future graduates develop competencies in patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.

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Acknowledgments

 

The QSEN Institute gratefully acknowledges the following QSEN faculty and Advisory Board members for their contributions to the development of the competency definitions and KSAs:

 

  • Paul Batalden, MD, (Dartmouth)

  • Geraldine Bednash, PhD, RN, FAAN, (American Association of Colleges of Nursing)

  • Jean Blackwell, MLS (UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN (UNC Chapel Hill)

  • Lisa Day, PhD, RN (UC-San Francisco)

  • Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, CNAA, (Inova Health System)

  • Carol Durham, EdD(c), MSN, RN, (UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • Leslie Hall, MD (U Missouri-Columbia)

  • Pamela Ironside, PhD, RN, FAAN, (Indiana University)

  • Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN (George Washington University)

  • Mary (Polly) Johnson, MSN, RN, FAAN (NC Board of Nursing)

  • Maryjoan Ladden, PhD, RN, (Harvard)

  • Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN, (Case Western Reserve University)

  • Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN (Veterans Administration-Tampa)

  • Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN (UNC Chapel Hill)

  • Elaine Smith, EdD(c), MBA, MSN, RN, CNAA (UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • M. Elaine Tagliareni, EdD, RN (Community College of Philadelphia)

 

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The QSEN Institute gratefully acknowledges the following for their contributions to the Spanish translation of the competency definitions:

  • Nilda Peragallo-Montano, Dean, School of Nursing (UNC-Chapel Hill)

  • Claudia Giraldo, Bilingual Executive Assistant to the Dean, School of Nursing (UNC-Chapel Hill)

QSEN Competencies translated in Spanish

 

QSEN Competencias de Pre-Licenciatura, Perspectiva de Enfermería, mayo-junio de 2007 y

Translation provided by Claudia S. Lizcano Giraldo, Translator, UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing

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QSEN Competencies translated in Portuguese

 

​Competências para o ensino sobre qualidade e segurança em enfermagem (Competências QSEN)

Translation provided by Juliana Santana de Freitas

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QSEN SES translated in Portuguese

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Instrumento de avaliação
do estudante quanto
ao ensino sobre qualidade
e segurança em enfermagem (QSEN SES BR)

Translation provided by Juliana Santana de Freitas

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The QSEN Institute gratefully acknowledges the following for their contributions to the Turkish translation of the competency definitions:

  • Dr. ÖÄŸr. Üye. Merve TARHAN, SaÄŸlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, HemÅŸirelik Bölümü

  • Merve TARHAN, Asst. Prof., Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nursing

QSEN Competencies translated in Turkish

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Translation provided by Dr. ÖÄŸr. Üye. Merve TARHAN
SaÄŸlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, HemÅŸirelik Bölümü
Merve TARHAN,
Asst. Prof.
Health Sciences Faculty, Department of Nursing

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