QSEN Profile - Gail Armstrong

Gail Armstrong, ND, RN

Assistant Professor
University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing
Aurora, CO

Program Experience

Pre-licensure (AD and BS Programs) and RN-BS Programs

QSEN Expertise

Much of my QSEN work has focused on pre-licensure curriculum development, with an emphasis on threading the competencies and KSAs across the classroom setting, skills/simulation lab and clinical rotations.  For the past two years, I have worked on integrating QSEN into pre-licensure curricula including course development, faculty development and integration of QSEN into clinical evaluation tools.  Recently I have been involved in the development of interprofessional educational projects that facilitate nurses working  with other healthcare professionals in simulated and clinical learning settings.

Competency Expertise

Patient-centered care

Teamwork & Collaboration

Teaching Expertise

My teaching is evenly divided across all three of these teaching settings: didactic, skills/simulation lab, clinical teaching

Research Expertise

I contributed to a National Delphi Study of creating a developmental progression for the KSAs.

Publications and Presentations

Katz, G.B., Peifer, K.L, & Armstrong, G.E. (2010) Assessment of Patient Simulation use in Selected Baccalaureate Nursing Programs in the United States. Simulation in Healthcare, 5, 46-51.

Armstrong, G., Sherwood, G., & Tagliareni, M.E. (2009) Chapter 14: Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN): Integrating Recommendations from IOM into Clinical Nursing Education.  In National League of Nursing,  Clinical Nursing Education: Current Reflections, pp 207-227.

Armstrong, G., Spencer, T., & Lenburg, C. (2009) Using quality and safety education for nurses to enhance competency outcome performance assessment: A synergistic approach that promotes patient safety and quality outcomes.  The Journal of Nursing Education, 48(12), 686-693.

Barton, A., Armstrong, G., Preheim, G., Gelmon, S.B., & Andrus, L.C. (2009).  A national delphi to determine developmental progression of quality and safety competencies in nursing education.  Nursing Outlook , 57, 313-322.

Preheim, G., Armstrong, G. E., & Barton, A. ( 2009) The NEW fundamentals in nursing:  Introducing beginning quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) competencies.  The Journal of Nursing Education, 48(12), 694-698.

 

Presentations

QSEN Phase III – What’s Next?  An Exploration of Current Work in the Quality and Safety Education in Nursing Initiative

National League of Nursing Webinars - 2/16/10  &  2/18/10

 Integrating QSEN into your curriculum - Nursing Faculty Workshops – funded by The Colorado Trust

                                    Regis University, Denver CO

                                    University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO

                                    Colorado Northwestern Community College, Craig, CO

                                    Trinidad State Junior College, Alamosa, CO

                                    Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO

                                    Front Range Community College, Westminster, CO

                                    Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO

                                    Colorado Technical University, Pueblo, CO

                                    Platt College, Aurora, CO

 

What is QSEN and Why Is It Important to Me? Nursing Faculty Development Initiative Workshop (offered twice/year) Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence, Denver, CO

 Effective Integration of QSEN into Nursing Curricula Moraine Valley Community College, Paolos Hills, IL Full day workshop for faculty (2/09)

 QSEN Curricular Updates: Colorado’s Work in the Classroom and in the Clinical Setting  21^th Annual Conference for Teachers of Nursing Practice, Madison, Wisconsin (1/09)

 

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses: Strategies, Successes And Surprise  AACN Baccalaureate Conference, San Antonio, TX (12/08)

 

Redefining Quality and Safety in Nursing Education 18^th Annual Nurse Educator Conference in Nursing Education, Breckenridge, Colorado (7/08)

Related Funding

A portion of my FTE is funded by The Colorado Trust.  This funding supports my statewide work across Colorado running nursing faculty workshops that focus on how to integrate QSEN into pre-licensure curricula.  As of June 2010, our team has completed 18 faculty workshops across the state of Colorado.