Title

Using Systems Thinking to Implement the QSEN Informatics Competency

Authors

Janet M. Phillips
Ann M. Salter
Karen A. Goldschmidt
Jeanne S. Ruggiero
Josette Brodhead, Daemen CollegeFollow
Pamela L. Bonnett
Robyn A. Provencio
Mary Mckay
Vicki Jowell
Deborah H. Merriam, Daemen CollegeFollow
Carol M. Wiggs
Debra L. Scardaville

Department

Nursing

Document Type

Article

Publication Source

The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Publication Date

2019-08-23

Volume

50

Issue

9

First Page

392

Last Page

397

Abstract

There is an urgent need to improve the use and usability of the electronic health record (EHR) in health care to prevent undue patient harm. Professional development educators can use systems thinking and the QSEN competency, Informatics, to educate nurses about such things as nurse-sensitive indicators in preventing medical errors. This article presents teaching tips in using systems thinking to champion communication technologies that support error prevention (betterment).

DOI

10.3928/00220124-20190814-04

Recommended Citation

Phillips, Janet M.; Salter, Ann M.; Goldschmidt, Karen A.; Ruggiero, Jeanne S.; Brodhead, Josette; Bonnett, Pamela L.; Provencio, Robyn A.; Mckay, Mary; Jowell, Vicki; Merriam, Deborah H.; Wiggs, Carol M.; and Scardaville, Debra L., "Using Systems Thinking to Implement the QSEN Informatics Competency" (2019). Articles & Book Chapters. 206.
https://digitalcommons.daemen.edu/faculty_scholar/206

https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20190814-04