ACCN Competencies and QSEN Essentials

ACCN Competencies and QSEN Essentials

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ACCN Competencies and QSEN Essentials

AACN refers to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. It is a body that is made of nursing schools in the country. The main purpose of the organization is to identify quality standards in nursing education. It also ensures that these standards are achieved and implemented by the various nursing schools in the country. QSEN refers to the Quality and Safety Education for nurses. It is a program that is aimed in educating graduate nurses. It is a program that educates them of their role to improve the quality of care and safety that they grant to their patients (Barnsteiner et al 2013).

AACN has a list of essentials that nursing schools need to have in the curriculum. It gives the framework to be followed in order to be a graduate in nursing education. It has produced essentials for graduates of all levels of education of nursing. Some of the essentials required for the Master’s programme includes: possession of advanced expertise in carrying out roles, use of evidence, use of systems, improved quality of services and the ability to make use of leadership roles to improve the services of healthcare. Its main objective is to make sure that the nurses have skills to provide improved health care services to their patients (Masters, 2018). Each level of education of nurses is accompanied by its own set of AACN essentials that must be met.

QSEN competencies include: use of evidence and working together with the other health practitioners, high quality of services, employing of informatics, ensuring safety of patients and giving their needs central importance in carrying out roles. The above ensure that nurses carry out due diligence in exercising their roles. This results in improved quality of healthcare services.

AACN has been actively involved in the development and education of QSEN. AACN essentials and QSEN competencies aim at improving the quality of healthcare provided to patients by nurses. The AACN essentials for the Masters level are similar to the QSEN competencies.

While AACN essentials are different for each level of education, the QSEN Competencies remain constant for all levels of education. The competencies of QSEN should be attained before a nurse is granted his or her license to practice.

The AACN essentials and QSEN competencies are important to my future role as nurse in the following ways. First, it will enable me to make use of medical evidence to ensure the best medical procedures are carried out. This is through the knowledge acquired in my Master’s programme. The current medical evidence will also be appropriate.

Second, it will enable me to give supremacy to the needs and wishes of my patients .Their needs and wishes will be my priority in carrying out my roles as a nurse in practice. Third, I will be able to work in harmony and unity with the other medical practitioners involved with my patients. This will ensure that the patient receives the best care there is.

Fourth, I will be in a position to minimize the risks of harm to my patients. This means that I will use my expertise to make sure that risks that put my patients in harm’s way are reduced to the minimum level possible. Fifth, I will be able to employ Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to provide quality health care for my patients (Bednash, Cronenwett & Dolansky, 2013). This has proven to be effective and efficient in improving healthcare services to patients. Sixth, I will be in a position to effectively employ data obtained from my patients to ensure improved quality healthcare.

In conclusion, QSEN competencies and AACN essentials are quintessential in the performance of my roles as a nurse with a Master’s degree. They will ensure I provide improved quality healthcare to my patients.

References

Barnsteiner, J., Disch, J., Johnson, J., McGuinn, K., Chappell, K., &Swartwout, E. (2013). Diffusing QSEN competencies across schools of nursing: The AACN/RWJF faculty development Institutes. Journal of Professional Nursing, 29(2), 68-74

Bednash, G. P., Cronenwett, L., & Dolansky, M. A. (2013). QSEN transforming education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 29(2), 66-67

Masters, K. (2018). Role Development Professional Nursing Practice. Jones & Barlett Learning.