Incorporating QSEN Essentials in Patient Care Practice

How can you incorporate this education into your everyday practice now and once you are in a leadership or advanced practice role?

I would incorporate the education gained from reviewing the QSEN essentials in my everyday practice now in various ways. First, structuring care to ensure that it is patient-specific. This would increase patient satisfaction and reduce preventable medical errors. Similarly, I would use the knowledge gained to always research and review the literature to ensure that the approaches I apply are evidence-based. This would not only improve the quality of care but also protect patients from unsafe practices. Once in a leadership position, I would incorporate this education by implementing a safety policy, using health and medical systems, and providing an opportunity for nurses to advance research.

Would it be valuable as future preceptors or educators to incorporate this into those experiences? In what way? 

It would be significantly valuable for future preceptors to incorporate this into those experiences. This is because the essentials are aimed at preparing nurses with competencies. That are necessary for improving quality and safety healthcare systems in their places of work. It also provides an opportunity for nurses to operate at optimum capacity and maximize patient safety.

Have you been mentored by or witnessed advanced practice nurses in the past who clearly incorporated these competencies into their practice? In what way?

I have sure witnessed advanced practice nurses in the past who incorporated the QSEN competencies. Hence, this was at my former place of work, where one of the practice. Nurses was disciplined enough to practice only in the area of his training. He also applied only the approaches that are tested and approved when treating patients. Lastly, the advanced practice nurse also prioritized the interests of patients and was keen to protect patients’ personal data from unauthorized access. APA