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NUR 6100 - Quality and Safety in Health Care Systems

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course focuses on the application of quality improvement methodologies, patient safety, and measurement of outcomes across a broad range of healthcare settings and diverse populations. Students learn the systematic methods of continuous quality improvement and examine their role as leaders of an interdisciplinary team in quality improvement initiatives. The use of various outcome measurement instruments and data collection tools are explored. This course includes 20 immersion hours that are applied towards graduate practicum hours.  (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Assess the impact of variables including human factors, systems, and safety design principles when analyzing errors
  • Examine models and frameworks to guide initiatives aimed at improving quality outcomes in a variety of health care settings and with diverse populations
  • Examine and interpret current quality and safety health care literature to identify patterns and analyze problems that impact patient care
  • Apply relevant processes to analyze errors and the allocation of causes of errors and of responsibility and accountability 
  • Incorporate ethical, regulatory, legal, and systems considerations in the implementation and evaluation of quality improvement initiatives
  • Evaluate the concept of risk management in health care systems
  • Apply effective communication and collaboration skills in leading an interdisciplinary team in a quality improvement initiative
Prerequisites by Topic
  • None
Course Topics
  • Quality improvement models
  • National data resources
  • System resources
  • Limitations of resources
  • Human factors and errors
  • Standardized practice
  • Just culture
  • Root cause analysis
  • Principles of change
  • Six sigma
  • Lean
  • Legal and ethical issues
  • Regulatory agencies
  • Risk management
Coordinator
Dr. Victoria Carlson Oehlers


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