Aligning Clinical Issues to QSEN

Week 14 QSEN Competency Table Template Student Name: Problem: QSEN Competency Knowledge Skill Attitude Patient Centered Care Patients are encouraged to participate to ensure the continuity of transitional care through their inputs that help in identifying the gaps in certain cases, to foster ongoing adaptability of the plan. Nurses and other practitioners are encouraged to engage with patients through open-ended questions and active listening to facilitate verification and incorporate culturally-induced preferences as to what they want to be shared across different practitioners and what should be kept confidential. Empowers patients and appreciates patients’ involvement to improve the accuracy of handoff communication Teamwork and Collaboration Sustains effective collaboration between nurses and other interprofessional teams Identifies barriers to interprofessional collaboration at the system level Applies IPEC to ensure shared accountability combined with mutual respect at the functional level to foster seamless continuity of patient care throughout the continuum of care through proper handoff communication at transitional junctures Implements system-level changes, deploying technology-based solutions, such as embedding electronic handoff communication tools into EHR to minimize the need for physical interaction, which may at times pose administrative barriers (Abraham et al., 2024). Values interprofessional communication and collaboration Appreciates how teams embrace the influence of system-level changes to their functioning Evidence-Based Practice Gains insight from the existing evidence showing that around 80% of medical errors are in one way or another attributable to poor handoff communication (Chaharsoughi et al., 2025) Focuses on evidence-based solutions to standardize the handoff communication to ensure consistency with the industry benchmarks Applies evidence-based electronic handoff tools and templates to reduce the rate of d...