This course prepares registered nurses to improve patient outcomes through the application of quality improvement, patient safety principles, evidence-based practice, systems thinking, and interprofessional collaboration. Students examine national quality and patient safety initiatives, healthcare quality measures, regulatory and accreditation standards, healthcare informatics, high-reliability organizations, just culture, and performance improvement methodologies used to enhance healthcare delivery. Emphasis is placed on analyzing healthcare systems, interpreting quality and safety data, applying evidence-based improvement strategies, reducing preventable harm, and leading sustainable organizational change that promotes safe, high-quality, patient-centered care.
RN license and admission to the RN-to-BSN Completion track