Strategy Overview Whether in the educational (i.e. classroom or clinical pre-/post-conference discussion), or work-place (i.e. staff development exercise) settings, the QSEN competencies provide an ideal framework to promote opportunities forContinue reading
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Case Study: Focus on Teamwork/Collaboration, Quality Improvement, and Safety in Caring for a Newly-Diagnosed Schizophrenic Patient
The QSEN competencies provide an ideal framework to promote opportunities for analysis, reflective thought, and discussion. In the case of this scenario, the lead characters in a primary are settingContinue reading
Utilizing StoryCare: A Story Based Simulation Program to Improve Team Effectiveness and Patient Outcomes
Using storytelling to recreate an experience to teach, engage and develop others, complemented with reflected learning can result in behavioral changes which lead to improved outcomes. Utilizing storytelling as anContinue reading
Care for the COVID In-patient: Common Practices in End-of Life Care
Due to the COVID pandemic, staff of all disciplines was reassigned to the acute COVID units. Many staff had no prior exposure to potential traumatic incidences and end-of-life care. ThroughContinue reading
Appraising the Quality of Health Websites
The health information available on the Internet can vary in the quality of the content. It is important that nurses understand how to find high quality information and direct patientsContinue reading
The Faculty Checklist Manifesto: Utilizing a QSEN based orientation checklist for the first day of a clinical rotation
Relevance Standardized Checklists for clinical orientation are not found in the nursing journal literature. Therefore, many clinical faculty will develop their own checklist as well as, perform a scavenger huntContinue reading
Teaching Pre-licensure Nursing Students to Communicate in SBAR in the Clinical Setting
Online Video Vignette http://onlinetraining.umassmed.edu/sbarcommunication/ This vignette was designed for both faculty and students to learn how to communicate using SBAR. The vignette demonstrates to nursing faculty how to manage moreContinue reading
Integration of QSEN competencies when designing simulation scenarios
Task analysis is a detailed examination of the knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSAs) that are essential to job performance and an important first step in the process of developing learningContinue reading
Reframing Constructive Criticism Using Reflection Based on QSEN Competencies
Constructive criticism has been identified as a triggering event for incivility in nursing education. As part of professional development, it is essential that faculty create strategies to deliver constructive criticismContinue reading