Quality and Safety Education for Nurses 3rd Edition by Patricia Kelly Vana, ISBN-13: 978-0826161444
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- Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 3rd edition (February 9, 2022)
- Language: English
- 626 pages
- ISBN-10: 0826161448
- ISBN-13: 978-0826161444
This Third Edition of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses has been thoroughly updated for students in undergraduate Associate, Baccalaureate, Accelerated and BSN completion Nursing programs. There is a chapter focusing on each of the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Competency areas, with content on Nursing Leadership and Patient Care Management infused throughout the chapters. The Third Edition also includes new chapters on Systems Thinking, Implementation Science, and Population Health. It includes an Instructor’s manual and Powerpoints.
New to the Third Edition:
- New Chapters:
- Chapter 3: Systems Thinking
- Chapter 13: Implementation Science
- Chapter 15: Population Health and the Role of Quality and Safety
- Incorporates new content based on The Future of 2020-2030 Report and the 2021 AACN Essentials
- Contains a “Competency Crosswalk” connecting each chapter’s content to QSEN/AACN Competencies
Key Features:
- Supports nursing schools to fulfill accreditation standards for Quality and Safety curricula
- Includes Clinical Judgment Activities, Case Studies, Interviews, NCLEX-Style Questions, Figures, Tables, Bibliography, Suggested Readings, and more to clarify content
- Designed to be used in a stand-alone Quality and Safety course, Leadership and Management Nursing course, or as a support for Nursing courses
- Provides instructor package with an unfolding case study with suggestions for assignments, questions and answers for case study and critical thinking exercises, PowerPoint slides, and more
Table of Contents:
Cover
Title Page
Contributors
Foreword Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN (ret.), FAAN
Preface
Acknowledgments
Springer Publishing Resources
UNIT I: ROLE OF THE NURSE IN HEALTHCARE
1. Patient Safety and Quality of Care as Measures of Nursing Competence
2. Nurses as Leaders and Managers for Safe, High-Quality Patient Care
3. Systems Thinking
4. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing Quality and Safety
5. Delegation and Setting Priorities for Safe, High-Quality Patient Care
UNIT II: QUALITY AND SAFETY COMPETENCIES
6. Person-Centered Care
7. Interprofessional Teamwork and Collaboration
8. Informatics
9. Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
10. Patient Safety
11. Quality Improvement Essentials
12. Quality Improvement Tools
UNIT III: APPLICATION FOR PRACTICE
13. Implementation Science
14. Quality Improvement and Project Management
15. Population Health and the Role of Quality and Safety
16. Professional Role Development in Patient Safety and Quality: Transitioning to Practice
Appendix: Prelicensure Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
Glossary
Index
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® (NCLEX-RN®) 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.
Gerry Altmiller, EdD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN, earned a diploma in nursing from Our Lady of Lourdes School of Nursing in Camden, New Jersey, a baccalaureate degree from La Salle University in Philadelphia, and an advanced practice degree as a clinical nurse specialist from Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania. She later returned to Widener and earned her doctoral degree in higher education leadership. Gerry is a professor of nursing at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey. As a board-certified clinical nurse specialist, she has served in a consultant role for Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for over a decade, supporting direct care nurses in their research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement projects.
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