QSEN Competencies Course Design Assignment Brief

Assignment Overview

This assessment requires you to develop a comprehensive course outline for a nursing practice topic that integrates Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. The assignment aligns with the Institute of Medicine’s call for nursing education reform and prepares you to design curriculum that addresses contemporary healthcare quality and safety challenges.

Course Context

Course design is guided by curriculum outcomes, and course outlines must be developed to ensure that learners are meeting the intended outcomes. Curriculum development and course design are influenced by many factors, such as program level and setting. The course design process begins with broad program or organizational outcomes and narrows to specific objectives to guide instruction. The purpose of this assignment is to develop a course outline for one topic related to nursing practice (e.g., leadership, pediatric nursing, community health, psychiatric nursing, theoretical nursing, etc.) that includes all key elements (name of the course, course outcomes, topical outlines/modules, and assessments including assigned weight).

Assignment Task

Develop a complete course outline that incorporates at least two of the QSEN competencies and four course objectives. You will choose a health care practice for this assignment and build upon it throughout the course in order to achieve an understanding of the curriculum development process.

Required Elements

1. Course Identification
   • Course title and code
   • Credit hours
   • Prerequisites
   • Course description (150-200 words)
2. Course Outcomes
   • Three to five measurable course outcomes
   • Alignment with program outcomes
3. QSEN Competencies Integration
   • Minimum two QSEN competencies thoroughly integrated
   • Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (KSAs) for each competency
   • Supporting details for implementation
4. Course Objectives by Modules
   • Minimum four course objectives
   • Module breakdown with specific learning objectives
   • Content outline for each module
5. Assessment Strategy
   • Assessment methods with assigned weights
   • Alignment between assessments and outcomes
   • Grading criteria
6. Learning Resources
   • Required textbooks and materials
   • Supplementary resources

QSEN Competencies Reference

The six QSEN competencies you may select from include:

• Patient-Centered Care: Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
• Teamwork and Collaboration: Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
• Evidence-Based Practice: Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
• Quality Improvement: Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
• Safety: Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
• Informatics: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making.

Formatting Requirements

• Length: 1,050–1,400 words
• Format: APA 7th Edition
• Include title page and reference page (not counted in word limit)
• Use headings and subheadings to organize content
• Submit through the learning management system

Grading Rubric