Improving Quality & Safety in Patient Care

Catalog description

This elective course is designed to provide opportunities for students to better understand quality and patient safety terminologies, definitions, practices, and processes within healthcare systems. Topics to be examined include errors in the healthcare system, root cause analysis of errors, and variables that contribute to error-making. The student will analyze concepts of evidence-based practice to prevent errors, promote quality and patient safety, and will examine the nurse’s responsibilities for quality and safety.