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Short description Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes is the first comprehensive text of its kind devoted to the nursing community's role in improving quality of care and patient safety. Edited by key members of the Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) steering team, the book brings together information from various loci and expertly situates it within the continuum of nursing education and practice.
From the contents Contributors vii
Foreword xi
Paul Batalden
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
SECTION 1: QUALITY AND SAFETY: AN OVERVIEW 1
1 Driving Forces for Quality and Safety: Changing Mindsets to Improve Health Care 3 Gwen Sherwood
2 Policy Implications Driving National Quality and Safety Initiatives 23 Mary Jean Schumann
3 A National Initiative: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) 49 Linda R. Cronenwett
SECTION 2: QUALITY AND SAFETY COMPETENCIES: THE QSEN PROJECT 65
4 Patient-Centered Care 67 Mary K. Walton and Jane Barnsteiner
5 Teamwork and Collaboration 91 Joanne Disch
6 Quality Improvement 113 Jean Johnson
7 Evidence-Based Practice 133 Mary Fran Tracy and Jane Barnsteiner
8 Safety 149 Jane Barnsteiner
9 Informatics 171 Judith J. Warren
SECTION 3: STRATEGIES TO BUILD A CULTURE OF QUALITY AND SAFETY 189
10 The Imperative to Transform Education to Transform Practice 191 Gwen Sherwood
11 Narrative Teaching Strategies to Foster Quality and Safety 211 Pamela M. Ironside and Elizabeth Cerbie
12 Integrating Quality and Safety Competencies in Simulation 227 Carol F. Durham and Kathryn R. Alden
13 Interprofessional Approaches to Quality and Safety Education 251 Shirley M. Moore, Mary A. Dolansky and Mamta K. Singh
14 New Graduate Transition into Practice: Improving Quality and Safety 267 Nancy Spector, Beth T. Ulrich and Jane Barnsteiner
