Foundations of Healthcare Quality and Safety

2 Credits.

This course provides students with essential content on quality and safety to enable the development of competencies applied to their healthcare leadership roles. Topics reflect the healthcare delivery systems shift to business models (e.g., value-based care) designed to reward safe and quality care outcomes as well as cost-effective care; nurse leaders are increasingly expected to play a central role in supporting this shift. Topics also include translation of the best evidence to the development and implementation of interventions for enhanced quality and safety in practice. Performance improvement strategies and methods will be embedded throughout the course, given their essential role in the healthcare environment of quality and safety. Pre and Corequisite: NR 210.606