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Annette Nygårdh1, Gwen Sherwood2, Therese Sandberg3
1Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Box 1026, SE-551 11, Jönköping University, Sweden; Improvement, Innovation, and Leadership in Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden.
Background:
Prospective nurses need specific and sufficient knowledge to be able to provide quality care. The Swedish Society of Nursing has emphasized the importance of the six quality and safety competencies (QSEN), originated in the US, in Swedish nursing education.
Purpose:
To investigate the visibility of the QSEN competencies in the assessment tools used in clinical practice METHOD: A quantitative descriptive method was used to analyze assessment tools from 23 universities.
Results And Conclusion:
Teamwork and collaboration was the most visible competency. Patient-centered care was visible to a large degree but was not referred to by name. Informatics was the least visible, a notable concern since all nurses should be competent in informatics to provide quality and safety in care. These results provide guidance as academic and clinical programs around the world implement assessment of how well nurses have developed these essential quality and safety competencies.
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