QSEN or Just Competent

The nurse allows a patient's brother to stay past visiting hours because he is here from out of town and arrived late.

Is this a QSEN compentency or the nurse being competent?

• Competent nurse

• Patient-Centered care

• Quality improvement

• Safety

The physician has ordered vital signs to be completed every four hours on a patient. The nurse completes vital signs 3 times during their 12-hour shift

QSEN or Competent?

• Patient-centered care

• Competent

• Teamwork and collaboration

• Quality Improvement

The nurse is on a committee to develop hospital protocols that reflect the current research

QSEN or Competent?

• Safety

• Competent

• Informatics

• Evidenced-Based-Practice

The nurse participates in a patient care meeting that consists of the nurse case manager, the physician, and pharmacist.

QSEN or Competent

• Teamwork and Collaboration

• Patient-Centered Care

• Informatics

• Competent

The nurse changes the patient's sheets after performing a bed bath on a patient

QSEN or Competent

• Quality Improvement

• Safety

• Teamwork and Collaboration

• Competent

While documenting the patient's blood pressure in the electronic health record, the text turns red to alert the nurse that the B/P is abnormal

QSEN or Competent?

• Evidenced-Based Practice

• Competent

• Informatics

• Safety

The nurse perfoms chart audits to assess if nurses on the unit are reassessing patients pain 1 hour after a pain intervention

QSEN or Competent?

• Competent

• Quality Improvement

• Safety

• Patient-Centered Care