Quality, Safety and Systems Improvement and Dissemination in Healthcare

1.5 Credits.

This final innovative course in the sequence emphasizes system-level transformation through continuous quality and safety improvement (CQSI) product, implementation science, and systems thinking. Students apply CQSI principles and evidence-based strategies to design, ethically prepare, and evaluate a systems-level intervention focused on sustainable, equity-driven healthcare improvement. Emphasis is placed on the use of modeled healthcare outcomes, interprofessional collaboration, and engagement with current technologies and digital platforms to support project planning, data analysis, and dissemination. Students refine leadership and systems-level thinking competencies as they contribute to their Signature DNP Project Collection with the culminating Signature CBE Assignment: Continuous Quality and Safety Improvement (CQSI) product, a scholarly deliverable that advances equity, quality, safety, and sustainability in healthcare outcomes. (AACN Essentials/Domains: 1–10)