Evidence-Based Practice Bibliography | QSEN Institute QSEN Informatics Informatics Web Resources American Nursing Informatics Association https://www.ania.org/ TIGER Initiative https://www.himss.org/professionaldevelopment/tiger-initiative American Medical Informatics Association https://www.amia.org/ AHRQ: Healthcare Simulation Dictionary https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/research/simulation-dictionary/index.html https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/sim-dictionary.pdf Programs Nursing Informatics MSN program https://www.rntomsn.org/programs/nurse-informatics/ Technology Resources The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) is hosting a webinar Enabling IPE Through Health Communication & Health Technology on April 18, 2:00-3:00 pm (ET), highlighting the honorable mention winners of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) and IPEC Public Health Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award in the category of health communications and health technology. This free webinar is open to deans, faculty, staff, and students from IPEC member schools, as well as non-members, communities of interest, and practice representatives. Register here . The Big Ten Academic Alliance Nursing Informatics Collaborative is offering a series of free webinars to enhance skillsets for using Big Data in nursing research. Healthcare faculty are encouraged to participate and broaden their knowledge about Big Data, which they can pass on to students. The alliance also offers a free six-module course —a collaborative effort between AACN, the University of Minnesota, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation—aimed at faculty new to nursing informatics and interested in a broad overview of the discipline. Subjects discussed include knowledge complexity, informatics literacy, data standards and standardized languages, clinical decision support, and future trends. Articles How do Future nursing educators Perceive Informatics? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755722309000866 Informatics Competencies for Nursing and Healthcare Leaders https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2655955/ The role of nursing informatics on promoting quality of health care and the need for appropriate education https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825491/ What nurse educators need to know about the TIGER initiative https://journals.lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/Abstract/2010/03000/What_Nurse_Educators_Need_to_Know_About_the_TIGER.7.aspx Contact Information: Margie R. Godin, MS, BSN, RN-BC Informatics Nurse Specialist Center for Professional Excellence and Inquiry Phone: 650.736.9925 Email: Mgodin@stanfordchildrens.org www.stanfordchildrens.org

A list of our Patient-Centered Care resources and related organizations. Patient-Centered Care Find a list of our Patient-Centered Care Resources below: PLANE TREE http://planetree.org/ Joint Commission Patient Safety http://www.jointcommission.org/patient_safety_systems_chapter_for_the_hospital_program/ The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – Click here for Link Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA An Always Events ® is a clear, action-oriented, and pervasive practice or set of behaviors that provide the following: A foundation for partnering with patients and their families; Actions that will ensure optimal patient experience and improved outcomes; and A unifying force for all that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to person- and family-centered care. Always Events Getting Started Kit Campaign Zero Karen Curtiss founded Campaign Zero in 2005 and became her way to transform her family’s tragedies into better outcomes for others. She is building a national network of CampaignZERO speakers who offer community workshops. Purpose: to foster collabora tion among patients, their advocates, and the health care team. They believe this will result in better quality care and support for medical staff, especially nurses who serve on the front line in every hospital. 3 main goals : Prevent harm and death caused by preventable medical errors Help lower the costs of health care for all, and Help shift attitudes toward problem-solving and away from litigation. Partner health An organization that uses “Tangible Tools for Patient & Family Engagement”. Home of the book, Safe & Sound in the Hospital: Must-Have Checklists and Tools for Your Loved One’s Care by Karen Curtiss , founder of CampaignZero. Patient Safety Movement Website: http://patientsafetymovement.org/ A disconnected understanding of the patient and appropriate care pathway has a devastating impact in both lives and costs. Saving lives and helping to prevent the more than 200,000 preventable patient deaths each year can largely be addressed by connecting the dots between current processes and procedures and proven solutions that are available today. By bringing the medical technologies and IT infrastructure together with relevant information, intelligent and predictive algorithms, and decision support that facilitate the process of care improvements, physicians and patients could be informed of dangerous trends, lives could be saved, and costs could be dramatically reduced. Getting to ZERO will take all of us working together – clinicians, administrators, medical technology companies, payers, government, and patients. We created the Patient Safety Movement Foundation to aggressively address this problem. The Foundation is breaking down the silos between hospitals, medical technology companies, doctors, engineers and families of patients who have died needlessly. The mission of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation is to do the following: Unify the healthcare ecosystem Identify the challenges that are killing patients to create actionable solutions Ask hospitals to implement Actionable Patient Safety Solutions Promote transparency Ask med-tech companies to share the data their devices generate in order to create a Patient Data Super Highway to help identify at-risk patients Correct misaligned incentives Promote love and patient dignity Institute for Patient-and-Family-Centered Care About: The Institute provides consultation, training, and technical assistance to hospitals, clinical practices, educational institutions, architecture firms, community organizations, and agencies at state, provincial, and federal levels. Listed below are some of the services the Institute would be pleased to provide to programs and organizations interested in patient- and family-centered change. Patient/Family Engagement featuring the Malizzo’s: Meet the Malizzos About: They shared their story at the QualityNet 2011 Conference in Baltimore, MD on December 13, 2011 to an audience of thousands of CMS contractors working to make health care safer in the United States. They hope it will inspire others to become more patient-centered and to focus on health care improvement. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) An online resource from AHRQ, features the Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Safety and Quality. The Guide outline concrete opportunities to engage patients and families in individual care and at an organizational level. The purpose is to help patients, families, and health professionals work together as partners to promote improvements in care. AHRQ Webinar PowerPoint and transcript: Patient- and Family-Centered Care for Adults with Chronic Conditions https://innovations.ahrq.gov/events/2014/05/patient-and-family-centered-care-adults-chronic-conditions Health Care and Patient Partnership Institute Learn how healthcare providers and patients and families can work together to effect safer deliver of care, help realize better expected medical outcomes, reduce risk and liability, reduce medical costs and advance an authentic culture of safety throughout the U.S. Victoria Nahum is Executive Director of Safe Care Campaign, www.safecarecampaign.org created in 2006 after the death of her stepson, Joshua. Safe Care Campaign works with healthcare providers, engaging them to work together in a concerted effort to prevent infections and all-cause harm. Rosemary Gibson, National leader in healthcare and quality and safety Rosemary Gibson is an author, speaker, and national leader in U.S. health care. She is the principal author with Janardan Prasad Singh of The Battle Over Health Care: What Obama’s Reform Means for America’s Future , a non-partisan analysis of the reform and what it means for America and its future. As Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey for sixteen years, Rosemary was the chief architect of its $200 million national strategies to establish palliative care in the mainstream of the U.S. health care system. Now, more than 1400 hospitals have palliative care programs, an increase from about 10 in the 1990s. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Lessons Learned Read More Case Studies Read More Interview Read More Resource Guide Read More Best Practices in Patient Experience: Lessons From RWJF Quality Field Notes From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New resources from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explore key learnings from Aligning Forces for Quality on how health care providers can implement patient experience surveys to better deliver patient-centered care. The National Institutes of Health has found that treatment adherence rates were 2.6 times higher among patients who felt their doctors had a holistic view of their health and lifestyle. Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence Partnering to Improve Quality and Safety: A Framework for working with Patient and Family Advisors Website: http://www.hpoe.org/resources/hpoehretaha-guides/1828?utm_source=eblast&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HPOEnewinfographic-7-15-15-blast Consumers Advancing Patient Safety (CAPS) CAPS is a nonprofit organization that acts as a voice for individuals, families and healthcare providers concerned with preventing harm in health care settings through means of collaboration and partnership. Website: http://www.patientsafety.org/about-us.html Patient Safety America Patient Safety America is an organization dedicated to educating patients and their care providers about new developments in patient safety. Through monthly newsletters, we use expert opinions, book reviews, and peer-reviewed studies published in major medical journals to increase awareness and knowledge about safe care. In general, we focus on the following: Genuine informed consent and patient-centered care Mitigation of diagnostic errors Inappropriate prescribing of drugs Inadequate regulation of drugs and devices Lack of transparency in the medical industry Patient involvement at all levels of healthcare from policy to person Replacing the fee-for-service system Improving the care environment for nurses and physicians Grossly inequitable access to quality care Website: http://PatientSafetyAmerica.com Newsletters: https://qsen.org/patient-safety-america/ Institute for Healthcare Improvement IHI has released new videos titled, “What Is Motivational Interviewing?”. The videos are geared towards clinicians and explaining the different roles each must take in situations that their patients must make the ultimate decisions. Through watching the video, clinicians should be able to explain three roles clinical they play in health care situations and to discuss the importance of acting as guides for the patients. Website: http://www.ihi.org/education/IHIOpenSchool/resources/Pages/AudioandVideo/ConnieDavis-WhatIsMotivationalInterviewing.aspx?utm_campaign=os-newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26106271&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–gpOaKieNllI3hkDJdvMQjxXkOsawie_ziPyOmSZzGJCy9Npeq8hVzenZwj-1PO5BdHkCjbPAalNmCAHg4M5-VaZmejw&_hsmi=26106271

StoryCare® is a web-based, easy-to-use, enterprise-wide simulation solution that harnesses the power of stories to help individuals and teams improve their performance. StoryCare StoryCare® StoryCare® is a web-based, easy-to-use, enterprise-wide simulation solution that harnesses the power of stories to help individuals and teams improve their performance. If you are faced with the challenges of making learning stick, conveying content in minimal time, and/or coping with a workforce that is spread out with limited lab time, you should consider StoryCare. With a special emphasis on patient safety, StoryCare can get you results in a way that learners enjoy and which has been shown to have a positive impact on both patient care and patient satisfaction. Website Articles Linked to QSEN QSENArticle Read More StoryCare – Making QSEN Simple Read More Haigh and Hardy NET Read More Webinar: Making QSEN Learning Easier during COVID-19 Read More Laerdal QSEN Bro print Read More The Courage to Make the Call Read More

Publications, journal articles, and additional information pertaining to the QSEN project. PUBLICATIONS Publications Nurse Leadership and Management: Foundations for Effective Administration Distinguished by its accomplished Editor and Contributor team, this innovative leadership and management text for graduate nursing... Oct 25, 2022 Book: Quality and Safety in Nursing, 3rd Edition Quality and Safety in Nursing: A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes explores the role of the nursing community in improving... Dec 15, 2021 Zero Days in Safety: One Nurse's Journey into Trauma and Recovery Announcing Dr. David Foley's book publication "Zero Days in Safety: One Nurse's Journey into Trauma and Recovery," with Foreword by Dr.... Oct 5, 2021 QSEN Journal Articles QSEN at TCNJ Regional Center Newly Released QSEN-Based Clinical Evaluation Tools QSEN-based clinical evaluation tools are now available for all pre-licensure clinical... Aug 6, 2018 Nurse Educator Supplement: September/October 2017 - Volume 42 Nurse Educator introduces QSEN and Nursing Education Department In the May/June 2018 issue, Nurse Educator introduced a new department... Jun 13, 2018 Nurse Educator Supplement: September/October 2017 - Volume 42 Official announcements highlighting the current issue of the Nurse Educator has released for September/Octobe 2017 – Volume 42 –... Dec 18, 2017 Additional Information Books, Reports, & Toolkits Read more Books Highlighting QSEN Read more Videos Read more

Articles, Websites, and Videos on Implicit Bias and Healthcare Equity. Healthcare Equity Implicit bias: Articles/.pdf: 01 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Health Care. Read More 04 Communicating with Diverse Patients: How Patient and Clinician Factors Affect Disparities. Read More 02 The Effect of Patient Race and Blood Pressure Control on Patient-Physician Communication. Read More 05 Avoiding Unintended Bias: Strategies for Providing More Equitable Health Care. Read More 03 The Role of Non-verbal Behavior in Racial Disparities in Health Care: Implications and Solutions. Read More 06 A Practical Approach to Screening for Social Determinants of Health. Read More Websites: 01 Parent website is PROJECT IMPLICIT Read More 02 Project Implicit: Health, Mental and Physical (Implicit Associations Test) Read More 03 Cross-cultural care and communication Read More Videos: 01 Peanut Butter, Jelly and Racism. Read More 04 Implicit Bias: Check Our Bias to Wreck Our Bias. Read More 07 What is Bias, and What Can Medical Professional Do to Address it? Read More 02 Implicit Bias: Snacks and Punishment. Read More 05 The Ethics Unwrapped: Implicit Bias. Read More 03 Implicit Bias: Make Friends to Tackle Bias. Read More 06 How Does Implicit Bias Affect Health Care? Read More NOTE: PBS had POV series on Implicit Bias

Information and resources pertaining to various QSEN Institute Task Forces. Board Members Strategic Board Members Gail Armstrong DNP, ACNS-BC, CNE Professor, Assistant Dean of the DNP Program Oregon Health & Science University Rebecca “Suzie” Miltner PhD, RN, CNL, NEA-BC Associate Professor UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Director of Practice and Clinical Partnerships Carol Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, FSSH Professor Director Education-Innovation-Simulation Learning Environment University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Teri Chenot Ed.D., MS, M.Ed., MSN, RN, CCE, FNAP, FAAN Associate Professor, Keigwin School of Nursing Department Chair, Healthcare Quality and Safety Programs Jacksonville University Rebecca Patton MSN, RN, CNOR, FAAN Lucy Jo Atkinson Scholar in Perioperative Nursing Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University Patricia Patrician PhD, RN, FAAN Donna Brown Banton Endowed Professor, UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Marianne Baernholdt PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Professor UNC School of Nursing QSEN Advisers Amy Barton, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor and Associate Dean of Clinical and Community Affairs, University of Colorado Denver Jan Boller, PhD, RN Director of DNP Program, Western University of Health sciences Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Executive Director, American Nurses Credentialing Center Denise Hirst, MSN, RN Clinical Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Paula Jarzemsky, MS, RN Clinical Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mary Joan D. Ladden, PhD, RN, FAAN Assistant Professor & Director of Achieving Competence Today (ACT), Harvard Medical School Wendy Madigosky, MD, MSPH Assistant Professor & Foundations of Doctoring Curriculum Director, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Kathy Mcguinn, MSN, RN, CPHQ Director of Special Projects, American Association of Colleges of Nursing Deborah Morris Nadzam, PhD, RN, BB, FAAN Senior Consultant and Project Director, CMS Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Dean of Academic affairs & Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mamta Singh, MD, MS Director of Patient Based Programs & Assistant Professor in General Internal Medicine, VA/ Case Western Reserve University Elaine Taglianeri, EdD, RN, CNE, FAAN Professor, Community College of Philadelphia Emeritus Board Members Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, University of Pennsylvania Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean & Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN Clinical Professor, University of Minnesota Pam M. Ironside, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Research in Nursing Education, Indiana University Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean & Professor, George Washington University Linda Norman, DSN, RN, FAAN Senior Associate Dean & Professor, Vanderbilt University Nancy Spector, PhD, RN Director of Regulatory Innovations, National Council of State Boards of Nursing Other National organizations Strategic Initiatives QSEN membership Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the National Patient Safety Foundation National Steering Committee for Patient Safety Representative: Dr. Teri Chenot Read More > American Academy of Nurses , Expert Panel on Quality Health Care Representaives: Dr. Teri Chenot, Dr. Patricia Patrician, Dr. Mary Dolansky, Dr. Marianne Baernholdt Link coming soon > AAMC Integrating Quality Steering committee to advance Quality and Patient Safety Competencies Representative: Dr. Mary Dolansky Read More > Advisory Board Member, American Nurses Association , Center for Ethics and Human Rights (CEHR) Representative: Dr. Teri Chenot Link coming soon > Macy Foundation Conference Summary: Improving Environments for Learning in the Health Professions Representative: Dr. Mary Dolansky Read More > ACGME – The Program Director Patient Safety and Quality (PDPQ) Educators Network Representative: Dr. Suzie Miltner Link coming soon > ACGME- Clinical Learning Environments and patient safety Representative: Dr. Marianne Baernholdt Read More >

Enhancing Nurse Roles in Community Health (ENRICH): Undergraduate and Workforce Training and Education in Primary Care. TeamSTEPPS Resources for QSEN from AHA Team Training AHA Team Training’s Mighty Network Join the AHA Team Training Mighty Network to gain access to exclusive content, thought-provoking conversations, expert perspectives, and a diverse group of health care professionals committed to improving teamwork and communication. Mighty Network will enable the Team Training community to support, connect, and engage with one another like never before. Within the community platform, AHA Team Training is fostering an environment where resources and solutions can directly reach the hands of those who need them most. Your stories, experiences and tools may be exactly what your peers need to solve a problem or seize an opportunity. Mighty Network members are encouraged to share stories, tools, and content so teams of experts can be transformed into expert teams. Read More Understanding TeamSTEPPS Guide A comprehensive TeamSTEPPS guide is available for download from AHA Team Training. Understanding TeamSTEPPS outlines what TeamSTEPPS is as well as various implementation methodologies based on different organizational goals and resources. Also included in the guide are several case studies highlighting the work of different health care systems that are using TeamSTEPPS to create and sustain a culture of safety to provide high-quality patient care. Read More TeamSTEPPS Pocket Guide An essential, go-to resource, the Pocket Guide is a quick reference to TeamSTEPPS tools and principles. Download a free PDF version or purchase a 10-pack from the AHA Online Store. Read More About TeamSTEPPS and AHA Team Training AHA Team Training has created a short document that provides high level information about their program and flagship educational program. Download a PDF for a shareable summary of AHA Team Training and TeamSTEPPS. Read More https://www.aha.org/center/performance-improvement/team-training/resources

QSEN Informatic web resources, programs, technology resources, and articles. Leadership in Healthcare What makes a good leader? Merriam-Webster defines a leader as “a person who leads.” This is a very broad definition, however that allows... Jan 25, 2016 2 min read NINR Graduate Partnership Project The National Institute of Nursing Research is accepting applications until December 1 for their 2016 Graduate Partnership Project. The... Oct 9, 2015 1 min read QStudent #7: Health Literacy Did you know that twenty-two percent of American adults read below the proficiency level, as compared to the fourteen percent who are at... Sep 15, 2015 1 min read QStudent #6: Teamwork & Collaboration “Unity is strength. When there is teamwork and collaboration wonderful things can be achieved.” –Mattie Stepanek. Teamwork and... Feb 4, 2015 2 min read Student Resources Learning Nurse http://www.learningnurse.org/index.php/e-learning/modules This page offers narrated modules for healthcare professionals... Jan 8, 2015 1 min read QStudent #5: Informatics Hello QStudent readers! It’s quite obvious these days that a majority of what we do involves technology. We have smart phones, tablets,... Nov 13, 2014 2 min read QStudent #4: Evidence Based Practice Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is the topic for our forth post. EBP can, and usually does, go hand in hand with Quality Improvement (QI),... Oct 8, 2014 1 min read QStudent #3: Quality Improvement The definition of quality improvement (QI) is, “Using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and using improvement methods to... Sep 25, 2014 2 min read Student Resource Page What are we? A page dedicated to Quality and Safety from the Nursing Student Perspective. On this page you will find: QStudent Blog... Sep 16, 2014 1 min read QStudent#2: Social Media & Patient Confidentiality Many believe that social media sites are only limited to Facebook and Twitter, and while these are two of the most common platforms, that... Aug 20, 2014 1 min read

Crosswalks, Tools, and Modules designed to support faculty and practice educators who currently use the QSEN work to transition that work to the 2021 Essentials. Preceptor and Clinical Faculty Modules Module 1 Preceptor Series- Using Benner’s Model of Professional Development Module 2 Preceptor Series- Adult Learning Principles Module 3 Preceptor Series- Developing Critical Thinking Module 4 Preceptor Series- Formative Feedback Module 5 Preceptor Series- Summative Feedback Module 6 Preceptor Series- Crucial Conversations Module 7 Preceptor Series- Temperament and Conflict Module 8 Preceptor Series- Managing Inappropriate Behavior and Unsafe Students Module 9 Preceptor Series- Appreciating Diversity Module 10 RN Role in Primary Care Preceptor

Evaluation Tools and Surveys pertaining to QSEN competencies. Evaluation Tools The Quality Improvement Attitude Survey Developed by Pamela B. Dunagan Click here for tools Safety Developed by Dawn McMeekin, MSN, RN Click here for tools [Safety. QSEN Instrumenation matrix1] Evaluation Tools Teamwork & Collaboration Developed by Melissa Ellis, MSN, RN Click here for tools [Teamwork.pdf] Quality Improvement Developed by Susan E. Ducore, MSN, RN, PHN Click here for tools [Quality Improvement evaluation Matrix] Systems Thinking Systems thinking: Advancing the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Goal: To develop and conduct psychometric testing of a measure of systems thinking, the Systems Thinking Scale (STS). Systems Thinking Scale (STS)- User Manual Patient-Centered Care Developed by Karen Towne, BA, BSN, RN Click here for Tools [Towne_QSEN Patient Centered Care Table 12.16.13] Informatics Developed by Wendy Downey, BSN, RN Click here for tools QSEN Conceptual Model “A Conceptual Model of QSEN” has been developed to assist the pre-licensure nursing student in developing ‘Information Fluency’ regarding QSEN. Please click here to view the Teaching Strategy. A-Conceptual-Model-of-QSEN Instrument Table *Studies with instruments measuring QSEN competencies last updated 10/27/2014 AK

TeamSTEPPS Resources for QSEN from AHA Team Training QSEN: AACN Crosswalk Click here to view video Read More The crosswalks below align the QSEN Competency Statements to the 2021 AACN Essential Statements Prelicensure QSEN Statements: Entry Level Essentials Graduate QSEN Statements: Advanced Level Essentials The intent of this work is to support faculty and practice educators who currently use the QSEN work to transition that work to the 2021 Essentials. These crosswalks help demonstrate the alignment of the competencies related to teaching strategies, mapping of courses and curriculum, and general understanding of the Essential Domains and Concepts. These tools may also be helpful for those not familiar with the abundant QSEN resources. By starting with an area of the Essentials, a user can determine what QSEN domain/statements best align and then use that information to search online teaching repositories, articles, or textbooks for helpful information and tools to meet the Essential’s competency requirement. For questions, contact mary.dolansky@case.edu . DOCUMENTS: Graduate-Competency-Crosswalk-final-posted Download Prelicensure-Competency-Crosswalk Download CROSSWALK TOOL DESIGN: Crosswalk Tool Design: Brittany Hay, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC / University of South Florida College of Nursing CROSSWALK TEAMS: Pre-licensure Team Tracey K. Dick, PhD, RN, CNE, COI The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing / Birmingham VA Health Care System Elizabeth M. Byrd, PhD, RN, CCNS The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing / Birmingham VA Health Care System Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University and the QSEN Institute Rebecca S. (Suzie) Miltner, PhD, RN, CNL, NEA-BC, FAAN The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Shannon S. Layton, DNP, MSW, RN, CNL, CWCN, NEA-BC, LICSW, PIP / The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing / Birmingham VA Health Care System Graduate Team Barb Tassell DNP, RN, NPD-BC, EBP (CH) Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Brittany Hay, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC University of South Florida College of Nursing Deana Hays DNP, FNP-BC Oakland University School of Nursing Cindy G. Zellefrow DNP MSEd RN LSN PHNA-BC EBP-C Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare Kerry A. Milner, DNSc, RN, EBP-CH / Sacred Heart University Crosswalk Tool Design: Brittany Hay, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC / University of South Florida College of Nursing

Quality and safety from the nursing student perspective. Read the QStudent blog, find news & information in the nursing student world, and other related resources. Home Health Nursing: A QSEN Approach With Resources Main Performance Metrics Safety Quality Improvement Professional Organizations Miscellaneous/Medicare Performance Metrics http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.14987/full This research article evaluates the performance metrics of various home health organizations by identifying twenty-two quality indicators and comparing them between these organizations. The abstract of this article is initially displayed. To access the whole article, you can purchase instant access by either renting, buying through cloud, or downloading as a PDF. Other options for accessing this content include becoming a society or association member or if you have access from various institutions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28971884?log$=activity A research article published on PubMed that identifies a trigger tool that helps to identify adverse events that affect patients receiving home health care. The abstract of this article is initially displayed. To access the full article for free, select the “open access full text” tab under “full text links”. https://www.medicare.gov/homehealthcompare/Data/Measuring-Agency-Performance.html The official United States Government site for Medicare suggests different methods for measuring home health agency performance. In doing so this will help you as both an employee and patient choose a home health agency that meets your needs the best. Such methods include star ratings for quality of patient care and patient experience of care, process measures, and outcome measures. https://guidingmetrics.com/content/home-health-industrys-12-most-critical-metrics/ This article identifies twelve critical metrics that every home health industry should keep track of, excluding profits and sales. Each metric that is identified includes a description of what the metric is, how it can be calculated, and why the metric is important to keep track of. A visual graph is also included to show how each metric can be displayed or analyzed. By: Ryan Baker and JP Slykas Welcome to our quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) website! We hope that this website serves as an educational tool or reference that you can use to better understand home health nursing, get more involved in its profession, and learn about quality and safety concerns to ultimately provide optimal patient care. In doing so, patients will be benefitted as well as they will receive optimal home health care from their nurses. Feel free to click on any of the topic-tabs above to learn more about each category pertaining to home health care. Clicking on any one of these topic-tabs will redirect you to various resources that you can then access to learn more about each category selected. Safety https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3148.pdf This OSHA publication focuses on preventing workplace violence for all nurses who provide care for patients. These guidelines cover a broad spectrum of nurses but categorize many trends and recommendations based on specific areas of practice, including home health nursing. https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/home_healthcare/index.html: This source provided by OSHA provides several topics related to safety information for nurses. It is specific to home health nursing and includes several links on its webpage that can take you to specific safety information. Such topics/links are provided below: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2010-125/pdfs/2010-125.pdf This publication by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) teaches home health nurses about occupational hazards in home health care and ways these hazards can be prevented. Such topics include musculoskeletal disorders, blood borne pathogens, violence, etc. https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2010/04/16/homehealthcare/ Foc uses specifically on musculoskeletal injuries, the most common injuries for home health workers, and preventable measures for both employers and employees. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-121/pdfs/2012-121.pdf A fa ct sheet that home health workers can use to identify and prevent unsafe work conditions, which include sanitation, temperatures, water and pets. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-122/pdfs/2012-122.pdf A fact sheet that home health workers can use to identify and prevent driving related injuries. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-123/pdfs/2012-123.pdf A fact sheet that home health workers can use to identify and prevent needle stick and sharps related injuries. http s://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-119/pdfs/2012-119.pdf A fact sheet that home health workers can use to identify and prevent latex allergies related injuries. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-120/pdfs/2012-120.pdf A fact sheet that home health workers can use to identify and prevent musculoskeletal related injuries. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-118/pdfs/2012-118.pdf A fact sheet that home health workers can use to identify and prevent violence on the job. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25595487?log$=activity A research article published on PubMed that studies the relationship between violence against home health workers and its effects on poor patient outcomes. The abstract of the article is initially displayed. To access the full article for free, select one of the two options under “full text links”. Quality Improvement http://www.homehealthquality.org/Education/Best-Practices.aspx Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) operates its own website and includes best practice interventions to educate healthcare professionals about the best available practices derived from research. Each topic is centered around various health issues and can accessed by clicking on which topic best interests you. Educational material includes online modules and videos. Registration to HHQI University or payment is required in order to access full content for this source. http://www.homehealthquality.org/Home.aspx Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) homepage will get you started with information about its program that aims to improve the quality of home health care for patients. This source provides you with news and updates about quality improvement as well as campaign resources that help educate healthcare professionals regarding best practices. http://journals.lww.com/homehealthcarenurseonline/pages/default.aspx Home Healthcare and Medicare Fraud Strike Force brings attention to fraud in Home healthcare. In this article, statistics are discussed about where fraud is taking place, how many people are affected, and how much this can cost due to improper payments. With the rise of home health care, fraud can be a devastating event to those in need of Home Healthcare. http://www.ismp.org/ The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is a great website for resources about medication. This website offers information about Education and awareness, news and events, industry, FDA medication safety alerts, and provides medication safety tools that can be utilized for home health care. http://qsen.org/ The QSEN institute is run by Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and stands for Quality and Safety Education for Nurses. The goal of QSEN is to provide education to nurses to improve quality and safety within the Healthcare setting. Professional Organizations https://www.nahc.org/ The National Association for Home Care and Hospice serves the interests of the elderly, terminally ill and caregivers who provide services to them. Part of their mission is to provide the highest quality of home care, whether it be for hospice or not. Become a member and you can learn more about its core values and how you can get involved in its organization and best practices. https://www.aahomecare.org/ The American Association of Homecare works to supply and strengthen access to home healthcare to Americans who are in need of such services. This organization lobbies Congress and various organizations to make sure federal programs are fair and favorable for homecare environments. Become a member and you can become actively involved in lobbying for equal or better home healthcare policies. http://www.achc.org/home-health-links.html This resource serves as a reference for anyone interested in learning more about some of the state and federal organizations related to home healthcare. Accessing this website will provide you with links to some, but not all, national and state home health associations. http://www.ochch.org/aws/OCHCH/pt/sp/home_page The Ohio Council for Home for Home Care and Hospice, which can be accessed from the link above, helps to represent health care at home for the state of Ohio. Become a member of this organization and you can have access to legislative news and updates, updates based on your home health agency, and education opportunities to learn the best available practices and techniques for home healthcare. http://www.vnaa.org/ The Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) is a professional organization whose vision is to transform homecare for health care workers and patients in the community. Professionals and teams in this organization coordinate programs to address and solve current issues that healthcare workers face in the community. Become a member of this organization and you can learn more about how you can become involved and help coordinate some of these issues. http://ihcno.org/ The International Home Care Nurses Organization (IHCNO) is an international organization that helps transform home-based healthcare worldwide. To achieve this, they focus on two initiatives: attracting researchers and policy makers and creating a LinkedIn discussion group aimed at answering questions and addressing home-based care internationally. Register today for a free webinar about international guidelines for home health nursing. You can also join the LinkedIn discussion group by creating a LinkedIn account and/or becoming a member. http://www.hcaoa.org/ The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) represents thousands of companies that staff over 500,000 workers across the United States. This organization is very influential in state and federal policies and helps connect its members to various programs and educational information. You have the choice between which membership plan best suits your needs and interests. Such plans include voting, additional location, associate, and individual membership. http://hhna.org/ The Home Healthcare Nurses Association (HHNA) is a national professional nursing organization that is involved in both home health care and hospice nursing. One of their goals is to recognize the value of home health nursing, which can be achieved through their Nurse of the Year Program. Become a member as a registered nurse and/or a student and you can become active in congressional policies related to home health and hospice and help establish the best care practices for these fields of nursing. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Publications/No-Place-Like-Home-Advancing-Safety-of-Care-in-the-Home.aspx Learn about Safety in the home from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Organizations Miscellaneous / Medicare https://www.medicare.gov/what-medicare-covers/home-health-care/home-health-care-what-is-it-what-to-expect.html#4839 This sources gives insight into what home health care is and how it may differ from a skilled home health service. Medicare.gov also identifies what those who require home health care should expect as well as what home health care staff should do for those who qualify for Medicare. https://www.medicareinteractive.org/get-answers/medicare-covered-services/home-health-care-benefit-part-a-and-b/types-of-home-health-care-that-medicare-will-pay-for Another resource for information about Medicare, medicareinteractive.org can be used as a source to see what Medicare will and will not cover for home health services. It can also be used to see or compare how much it does cover for those who qualify for Medicare. https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/home-health-services.html Medicare.gov provides information about your Medicare coverage and your options of home health services with Medicare. On this page, it also provides information about how often these services are covered, who is eligible, and how much it will cost the patient. This resource can also be accessed through the medicare.gov homepage but can be accessed as a shortcut through this link.