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QSEN

"Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) addresses the challenge of preparing nurses with the competencies necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems in which they work."

[Cronenwett, L., Sherwood, G., Barnsteiner, J., Disch, J., Johnson, J., Mitchell, P., ... & Warren, J. (2007). Quality and safety education for nurses. Nursing outlook, 55(3), 122-131.]

Clinical Alerts and Advisories National Institutes of Health
Medical Product Safety Information United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Medication Safety Alerts Institute for Safe Medication Practices offers Medication Alerts from ISMP, NAN, FDA, and PSA.
Patient Safety Network Weekly Issue Patient Safety Network, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Data Includes data tools, data infographics, and state snapshots.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Patient safety Indicators PSIs provide information on potentially avoidable safety events that represent opportunities for improvement in the delivery of care.
CDC: Faststats Use this index for quick and easy access to selected statistics on a variety of health topics; the latest data in reports, databases, and other resources; and additional data and tools.
CMS.gov: Inpatient Measures Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the nation’s hospitals work collaboratively to publicly report hospital quality performance information on Care Compare website located at www.medicare.gov/care-compare/ and the Provider Data Catalog on data.cms.gov
HealthData.gov Dedicated to making high value health data more accessible in the hopes of better health outcomes for all. Explore datasets, tools, and applications related to health and healthcare.
The Joint Commission: Sentinel Event Policy Joint Commission policy on Sentinel Events. A Patient Safety Event that reaches a patient and results in death, permanent harm, and severe temporary harm and intervention required to sustain life.
Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals The Joint Commission is committed to making relevant and accurate information about health care organizations available to interested parties. Information regarding a health care organization’s quality and safety can help them improve their services.
PSNet: Patient Safety Network PSNet features a collection of the latest news and resources on patient safety, innovations and toolkits, opportunities for free CME and trainings.

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Speak Up Preventing Surgical Errors In Speak Up™ For Safe Surgery, learn about the different ways to plan for your surgery, what to do before and after your procedure, and what to expect regarding special COVID-19 pandemic safety procedures at your health care organization.
Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery Patient Primer from the Patient Safety Network, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is a non-profit focused on preventing medication errors.
Medication Error Definition National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
Medication Errors : Health Topic Overview Medline Plus, National Library of Medicine
Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events Patient Primer from the Patient Safety Network, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Medication Errors in Nursing: Common Types, Causes, and Prevention Medcom, Inc. is an online healthcare education provider.

Diagnostic Errors Patient Primer from the Patient Safety Network, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Diagnostic Errors: Technical Series on Safer Primary Care World Health Organization (WHO)
Diagnostic Safety and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services
The Path to Improve Diagnosis and Reduce Diagnostic Error Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care; Board on Health Care Services; Institute of Medicine; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Reducing Diagnostic Errors HealthLeaders Magazine

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Healthy People 2030 Goal to Reduce Health-care associated infections Healthy People 2030, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services
Tools to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services

BSN: Patient Safety

Patient Safety and Nursing

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Patient Safety

Nursing Standards

Prevent Medical Errors

Quality Control

Safety in Healthcare

QSEN

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Patient Harms