Bed Side Shift Report

Order Instructions

Please review the rubric, follow the directions, and complete the template.  The week one template is due Sunday end of day (11:59 PM) .  For your projects you will be using the Quality and Safety Education for Nurse (QSEN) graduate competencies.  Please thoroughly review the qsen.org site and select a competency (only one) that will support your project.  Once you have selected the appropriate competency, rewrite the definition in your own words. Then review the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA’s) listed under the competency.  For this first week, as you reflect on what you hope to accomplish, choose two statements from each of the KSA columns, note the original KSA and your revised version.  Remember to cite the source for all entries.

APA Format-APA format is required on all written assignments. Deductions for errors will increase each week. Some students have purchased the 8th ed. of the textbook, this is ok, the course still has page numbers for the 7th ed. Either edition will work page numbers may be different, but topics are the same. If you need a crosswalk for the various editions, please contact me.

Textbooks:

Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, Elsevier Saunders, 2021, 8th edition

Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4.

The correct implementation of APA is essential to your complete success in this course.

Authors- If you are using a reference from an organization (the American Heart Association for example) and a specific author is not given, then the author is the organization.

Correct referencing for the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses website

The correct citation should be QSEN Institute (2020) or (QSEN Institute, 2020) and the following is the appropriate format for the institute’s reference entry:

QSEN Institute. (2020).  Graduate QSEN competencies.  http://qsen.org/competencies/graduate-ksas/

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: one (1) references from required course materials and three (3) peer-reviewed references from your project research. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information).