N395L: Quality Improvement and Safety: Principles and Methods
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Course Description
This course explores the science of improvement and the science of implementation with emphasis on application of frameworks and methodologies to improve organizational effectiveness and health outcomes for patients. Students are provided strategies and tools for systems thinking, process analysis, measuring and monitoring quality and safety indicators, developing and evaluating improvement initiatives, and implementation of evidence-based practices.
DNP Essentials: II, III, VI, and VIII
Course Objectives
1. Evaluate regulatory and quality standards applied to diverse health care delivery systems for relevance, rationale, implementation burden, and effectiveness
2. Apply principles of business/organizational management, economics, ethics, and improvement science to design and evaluate quality and safety initiatives
3. Integrate principles of leadership, systems thinking, and communication to promote implementation/diffusion of evidence-based quality and safety initiatives in various health care settings
4. Apply theories of leadership, complex systems, organizational culture, human error, and communication to develop and sustain cultures of safety in diverse health care delivery systems