ASSIGNMENT: NRSG 314 Safety and Quality Improvement in Nursing Practice
ASSIGNMENT: NRSG 314 Safety and Quality Improvement in Nursing Practice
ASSIGNMENT: NRSG 314 Safety and Quality Improvement in Nursing Practice
Course Overview
Course Title: Safety and Quality Improvement in Nursing Practice
Course Code: NRSG314
Section: 02
Prerequisites: NRSG310 – Challenges and Trends in Contemporary Nursing
Course Description:
Achieving patient care outcomes that are of a high quality and protective of patient safety and well-being are paramount to nursing practice. This course will focus on the processes and practices of quality assessment and continuous quality improvement for a variety of healthcare indicators sensitive to nursing interventions. Additionally, students will examine the issue of patient safety and create a model patient safety initiative for a clinical population. Students must earn a grade of C- (70%) or higher in all courses within the RN to BSN degree program to pass the course in the program.
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Important Information – Preparation for Experiential Learning/ Clinical in BSN Program
Course Objectives:
Apply the continuous quality improvement process and tools to improve patient safety for an identified patient problem.
Conduct a root cause analysis of a sentinel event in a health care setting.
Describe how the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) standards can be applied in a nursing practice setting.
Describe the continuous quality improvement process and tools used to examine and improve the quality of patient care delivery in nursing.
Examine a high risk, problem prone clinical process or safety concern.
Credit Hours: 4 credit hours
Unit Overview
Unit Outcomes Readings & Other Resource Materials Assignments
Unit 1: Introduction to Quality Tools and Safety Issues
Describe the continuous quality improvement process and tools used to examine and improve the quality of patient care delivery in nursing.
Important Information – Preparation for Experiential Learning/ Clinical in BSN Program
Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes Chapters 1 & 6
AHRQ: Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation
Quality Tools and Safety Issues
Unit 1 – Discussion Board (5 points)
Unit 1 – Discussion Board 2 (45 points)
Unit 1 – intellipath (125 points)
Unit 2: Safety Risk Assessment: Medication Errors
Examine a high risk, problem prone clinical process or safety concern.
Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes: Chapters 2 & 4
AHRQ: Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation
Safety Risk Assessment
Unit 2 – Discussion Board (50 points)
Unit 2 – Individual Project (175 points)
Unit 3: Application of CQI to Safety Issues
Apply the continuous quality improvement process and tools to improve patient safety for an identified patient problem.
Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes: Chapters 3, 5, 8, 9, & 14
AHRQ: Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation
Application of CQI
Unit 3 – Discussion Board (50 points)
Unit 3 – Individual Project (175 points)
Unit 4: Sentinel Event Analysis
Conduct a root cause analysis of a sentinel event in a health care setting.
Apply the continuous quality improvement process and tools to improve patient safety for an identified patient problem.
Describe how the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) standards can be applied in a nursing practice setting.
Describe the continuous quality improvement process and tools used to examine and improve the quality of patient care delivery in nursing.
Examine a high risk, problem prone clinical process or safety concern.
Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes: Chapters 7, 16, & 17
AHRQ: Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation
Sentinel Event Analysis
Unit 4 – Discussion Board (50 points)
Unit 4 – intellipath (125 points)
Unit 5: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
Apply the continuous quality improvement process and tools to improve patient safety for an identified patient problem.
Conduct a root cause analysis of a sentinel event in a health care setting.
Describe how the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) standards can be applied in a nursing practice setting.
Describe the continuous quality improvement process and tools used to examine and improve the quality of patient care delivery in nursing.
Examine a high risk, problem prone clinical process or safety concern.
Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes: Chapter 10
AHRQ: Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation
Safety in Nursing Education
Unit 5 – Discussion Board (50 points)
Unit 5 – intellipath (125 points)
Course Assignments Breakdown and Weighting Section
During the course students will complete assignments and activities related to the course learning objectives. In each course, the assignments and activities may vary and they may be completed individually or in a group.
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Assignments
Assignment Name Due Date Assignment Type Points Possible
Unit 1 – Discussion Board
Thu, 08/11/22
Discussion Board 5
Unit 1 – Discussion Board 2
Thu, 08/11/22
Discussion Board 45
Unit 1 – intellipath
Sun, 08/14/22
Intellipath 125
Unit 2 – Discussion Board
Thu, 08/18/22
Discussion Board 50
Unit 2 – Individual Project
Sun, 08/21/22
Individual Project 175
Unit 3 – Discussion Board
Thu, 08/25/22
Discussion Board 50
Unit 3 – Individual Project
Sun, 08/28/22
Individual Project 175
Unit 4 – Discussion Board
Thu, 09/01/22
Discussion Board 50
Unit 4 – intellipath
Sun, 09/04/22
Intellipath 125
Unit 5 – Discussion Board
Thu, 09/08/22
Discussion Board 50
Unit 5 – intellipath
Sun, 09/11/22
Intellipath 125
Total Points Possible
975
Assignments Categories & Weights
Assignment Type Points Possible % of Course Grade
Discussion Board 250 25.64
Individual Project 350 35.90
Intellipath 375 38.46
Discussion Boards:
Discussion Board topics are tied to specific course Tasks for each week of the session. Discussion board participation and active student engagement in course work is required and evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively by the Instructor. Each week students will be expected to post their initial discussion posting to the discussion board by Thursday. In turn, students will post responses to their colleagues (as specified in the course room) by the following Saturday. Discussion posts will be graded according to the late policy.
