QSEN COMPETENCIES
Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care.
INFORMATICS
RESPONDING: TAKING ACTIONS; MONITORING RESPONSES;REFLECTING;MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
IMPLEMENTING
The set of intellectual, interpersonal, technical, and ethical/legal capacities needed to practice professional nursing
BLENDED COMPETENCIES
A legal statement of the plaintiff’s claim; once filed, it initiates legal proceedings
competency
Demonstrate effective use of strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others.
SAFETY
You analyze the data just described and identify pain/discomfort as a problem. The patient agrees that this is becoming a problem.
Diagnosing
The result or observed outcome of critical thinking and decision making
clinical judgment
A specific term usually referring to ways of thinking about patient care issues (determining, preventing, and managing patient problems); for reasoning about other clinical issues (e.g., teamwork, collaboration, and streamlining work flow); nurses usually use critical thinking
clinical reasoning
Recognition that nursing and other health professions are parts of systems of care and care processes that affect outcomes for patients and families.
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
RESPONDING;PREDICTING COMPLICATIONS;ANTICIPATING CONSEQUENCES;CONSIDERING ACTIONS;SETTING PRIORITIES;DECISION MAKING
PLANNING
A five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
NURSING PROCESS
Evidence-based descriptions of behaviors that demonstrate the knowledge, characteristics, and skills that promote critical thinking in clinical practice
CRITICAL THINKING
Base individualized care plan on patient values, clinical expertise, and evidence.
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
DETECTING/NOTICING CUES (SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, RISKS)
ASSESSING
The care of a patient by a clinician who utilizes clinical reasoning and reflective practice to guide thoughtful actions and person-centered processes of care
THOUGHTFUL PRACTICE
Term used to reference the amount of information a person can hold in their memory at one time
COGNITIVE LOAD
Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of person-centered care: patient, family, and community preferences and values; coordination and integration of care; information, communication, and education; physical comfort and emotional support; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity.
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE
REFLECTING; REPEATING ADPIE AS INDICATED
EVALUATING
Stands for Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, a project for preparing future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems within which they work
QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)
“The perception of the elements in the environment in a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning and the projection of their status in the near future”
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS