QSEN MEDICAL SURGICAL COMMUNITY PROJECT
Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to develop a better understanding of the medical
surgical population. As part of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN), the
semester project focus will be on preventative care for medical surgical clients. Students will be
assigned in teams to a scenario and are to collaborate in the project below and organize
information utilizing the QSEN Initiatives: Patient Centered Care, Teamwork and collaboration,
Evidence- Based Practice, Quality Improvement, Safety, and Informatics.
Project Directions:
Students will be assigned a case scenario (see attached) by their professor/instructor and are to
pair up with a peer to address the assigned QSEN criteria information listed below.
*QSEN
Guidelines:
http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas/
Scenario # 4:
Mr. Johnson is a 37-year-old man who is recovering from a below-the-knee amputation of the right leg after a traumatic injury. His physical condition is stable after the surgery. On the postoperative third day, the nurse notices that Mr. Johnson is quiet and withdrawn. He has not eaten and is refusing to see visitors. The nurse asks Mr. Johnson if he has concerns, he would like to talk about. He shares with the nurse his concerns about a full recovery. He is uncertain whether he will be able to return to his former occupation as a construction worker, and he worries about how he will continue to support his family. He is married with an 8-year-old son and has reservations that his family will see him as “helpless.” Until now, he has been actively involved in his son’s Little League team serving as an assistant coach. He now worries that his son and the other children on the team will not want him to continue in this capacity.
This is the Scenario
Informatics*
Review a journal/article for clinical information that discusses best practices related to pediatric immunization
GRADING RUBRIC:
STUDENT NAME:
Collaboration (20 Points) Earned 18
Criteria:
Collaborate and work cooperatively with others. Possible Points Earned Points Comments
Each member contributed to developing a visual aid and presentation with creativity
All students in the group participated and presented in a logical sequence which the audience can follow
Identifies goals/outcomes based on data and in collaboration with patients, families, and the healthcare team.
All QSEN competencies/points were developed and addressed
Nursing Judgment (20 Points) Earned 18
Criteria:
Make judgments in practice substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care that promotes the health of clients within a family, group, and community context. Possible Points Earned Points Comments
Identifies appropriate learning needs of the client including awareness of physical, emotional, cultural, and spiritual needs, views, priorities.
Identifies appropriate educational needs including health promotion and levels of prevention for clients recognizing current issues and trends that may influence client care.
Selects appropriate community resources to promote care and address client’s needs
Selects appropriate sources of information necessary to address QSEN competencies
Visual aid and presentation (25 Points) Earned 18
Criteria Possible Points Earned Points Comments
The visual aid and presentation are creative and engaging with an introduction, key points, and conclusion and presentation is completed within the timeframe allotted.
Graphics/illustrations explain and reinforce the subject of the presentation.
Educational information addresses the learning need and QSEN criteria is included.
QSEN Initiatives addressed (30 Points)Earned 23
Criteria:
Perform behaviors that are consistent with safe, quality care in the promotion of a healthy work environment. Possible Points Earned Points Comments
Patient Centered Care:
Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. (QSEN, 2014)
Safety:
Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. (QSEN, 2014)
Teamwork and Collaboration:
Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. (QSEN, 2014)
Quality Improvement:
Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. (QSEN, 2014)
Evidence- Based Practice:
Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care. (QSEN, 2014)
Informatics:
Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making. (QSEN, 2014)
Format (3 Points)Earned 3
Criteria Possible Points Earned Points Comments
Peer reviewed research included
Grammar/spelling/punctuation
References (2 Points)Earned 2
Criteria Possible Points Earned Points Comments
3 references utilized
APA format utilized correctly
TOTAL POINTS: ___________________ Satisfactory: ________Unsatisfactory_______
*Students must achieve 75 points on this assignment to receive a satisfactory grade.