Assignment: Quality and Safety Improvement QSEN Discussion Board #1 Rubric

Assignment: Quality and Safety Improvement QSEN Discussion Board #1 Rubric

As a nurse leader, you are responsible for improving the quality and safety of health care systems. Describe a nursing or patient care concern or issue that needs to be addressed in your clinical practice. If your clinical practice is limited, you may be able to draw on experiences gained during clinical rotations in nursing school. Analyze the significance of the nursing practice concern in relation to the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies described in the Cronenwatt article (Cronenwatt website – http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/).

I have decided to complete my BSN for a few different reasons. One reason is to further my knowledge in the most recent evidence based practice of nursing in order to provide better patient care. Academic nursing research is crucial to providing quality nursing care because it gives the foundation for evidence-based practice (EBP) that is often the catalyst for changes that impact patient outcomes (Falkner 2018). The next reason is my place of work requires that all ADN nurses obtain a BSN or higher within 3 years of hire, and lastly the more education I achieve the higher I get paid. All three of these reasons point back to an overarching idea that I am here getting my BSN to further myself along in my career and become a better nurse. I don’t have many concerns with getting started in my bachelorette program except the sole fact that I’d rather be outside enjoying playing sports or doing activities outside rather than being on the computer. I have never been one to like sitting on a computer for any period of time really. A few strategies that I can implement is time management, using evidence based practice sources of information, and remembering to ask for help when I don’t understand or am feeling overwhelmed. Enlist your family to keep a master calendar so everyone knows when you’re working, going to class and studying. And be sure to schedule some free time for the things you like to do, whether it’s working out, reading, listening to music or spending time with your family. That balance will help you get through the rigors of nursing school (Murphy 2015).

This assignment is restricted to the competencies of Evidence-based Practice (EBP) or Quality Improvement (QI).