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Narrowing The Qsen Competency Gap In New Graduate Registered Nurses, Marty Mayhew Dec 2014

Narrowing The Qsen Competency Gap In New Graduate Registered Nurses, Marty Mayhew

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

This intervention is an evidence based, change of practice, quality improvement project that evaluates achievement of the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies of new registered nurse graduates. No intervention with a similar focus was found in an extensive review of the literature. The participants included 16 new graduate registered nurse hires enrolled in a new graduate RN residency program at Tucson Medical Center located in southern Arizona. The Nursing Quality and Safety Self Inventory© (NQSSI©) was used to identify practice gaps perceived by the new RN graduates related to the six QSEN competencies. …