Updated to incorporate a leadership and management and interprofessional focus.
The first book to address Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) undergraduate competencies, this clearly written text distills the fundamental knowledge and skills required of entry-level nurses in each of the six QSEN domains. The updated second edition features five completely new chapters on implementing quality and safety initiatives from a leadership and management perspective, and state-of-the-art information on quality improvement. New cases―particularly an evolving clinical case study-and real-life examples demonstrate practical application of the book’s content.
With contributions from nurses, physicians, pharmacists, librarians, and other health care professionals throughout the U.S. and beyond, the text underscores the interprofessional focus underlying health care practice today. A strong foundation for evidence-based health care pervades the text. Chapters reinforce learning with objectives, opening scenarios, case studies, interviews, critical thinking exercises, photos, tables, key concepts, key terms, clinical discussion points, review activities, NCLEX-style questions, web resources, and additional readings. An accompanying Instructors Guide provides additional questions and PowerPoint slides.
New to the Second Edition:
- Increased focus on leadership and management aspects of Quality and Safety
- New information on quality improvement
- Aligns with contemporary interprofessional approach to health care
- Updated information from national and state health care and nursing organizations
- An evolving clinical case study presented throughout
- Additional cases and real-life examples
- Interviews with a myriad of health care professionals such as educators, library scientists, lawyers, psychologists, risk managers, and many more
- Five new chapters addressing nurse leadership and high quality care, legal and ethical aspects of quality and safety, delegating and setting priorities, tools of quality improvement, and quality improvement project management
Key Features:
- Helps nursing schools to fulfill accreditation standards for quality and safety curricula
- Includes objectives, critical thinking exercises, case studies, interviews, NCLEX-style questions, photos, tables, suggested readings, and more in each chapter
- Provides instructor package with PowerPoint slides, Q&A, answers for case study and critical thinking exercises, and syllabus guidelines
- Useful in QSEN-specific courses or as supplement to courses needing to integrate quality and safety concepts
- Highlights QSEN competencies and associated KSAs throughout chapters
Patricia Kelly Vana, MSN, RN, earned a Diploma in Nursing from St. Margaret Hospital Schoolof Nursing, Hammond, Indiana; a Baccalaureate in Nursing from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois; and a Master's degree in Nursing from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. She is Professor Emeritus, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, Indiana. She has worked as a staff nurse, head nurse, travel nurse, school nurse, and nurse educator. Patricia has traveledextensively in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, teaching conferences for The Joint Commission, Resource Applications, Pediatric Concepts, and Kaplan, Inc. She currently teaches nationwide National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses(R) (NCLEX-RN(R)) review courses for Evolve Testing & Remediation/Health Education Systems, Inc. (HESI), Houston, Texas. Patricia now volunteers part-time in a Level One Trauma Center Emergency Room in Oak Lawn, Illinois, half the year. She volunteers part-time in an Emergency Room in Fort Myers, Florida, the other half of the year. She has been a nursing volunteer at the Old Irving Park Free Community Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, and a nursing volunteer at the Gladiolus Free Food Pantry in Fort Myers, Florida, for several years.
Beth A. Vottero, PhD, RN, CNE, earned a baccalaureate degree in liberal studies with a focus in business management from the University of Maine at Presque Isle; a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Valparaiso University; a master's degree in nursing from University of Phoenix; and a PhD in nursing education from Capella University. Beth currently is an associate professor of nursing at Purdue University Northwest, teaching courses including Evidence-Based Practice and Knowledge Translation at the doctoral level and Informatics as well as theory courses in the Graduate Nurse Educator program. At the undergraduate level, she teaches Quality and Safety for Professional Nursing Practice and Evidence-Based Quality Improvement in the Capstone course.
Carolyn A. Christie-McAuliffe PhD, FNP, is the Central NY Region Co-Chair, New York STate Future of Nursing, and is in private practice.
