The Patient Safety Challenge Charleston Southern University Tara Hulsey, PhD, RN, CNE April DeGuzman, MSN, APRN, BC Anita Korbe, MSN, APRN, BC

New Teaching Strategies Focused on specific courses and identified strategies for addressing quality and safety content Patient Safety Challenge strategy

Patient Safety Challenge Learning Objectives Communicate observations related to safety hazards to patients and the health care team Delineate general categories of errors and hazards in patient care Strategy Overview Clinical skills lab setting with mannequins 47 safety concerns for students to identify Time limited Evaluation Description

Challenges Lengthy set-up Housekeeping cleaned it up the evening before the assignment Evaluation Lengthy clean up Future plans

Evaluation Student Feedback 26 students completed the survey What did you learn from this experience? 58% attention to detail; 31% Safety; 16% critical thinking; 8% assessment skills What is the appropriate level for this exercise? 54% say all levels would benefit from versions of this exercise Should this assignment be integrated throughout curriculum? 65% yes (suggested areas include: health assessment and clinical)

QSEN Experience Other teaching strategies being employed include: Major simulation upgrades with case scenarios to be implemented in fall semester Senior research course assignment involving hospital data on Patient Falls: Presentation by hospital risk mgmt De-identified data for students to analyze Literature review, analysis, recommendations by student teams Presentation to hospitals’ nursing leadership council

QSEN Experience Curriculum mapping of quality and safety Retreat for faculty and hospital leaders Simulation training for faculty in August Community Disaster Drill for students Lesson learned: Integration of quality and safety content can be FUN, but weaving it throughout the curriculum does not occur overnight.