Background: Frontline nurses deliver direct patient care and by participating in quality improvement (QI) can have an impact on health care quality and safety. Unfortunately, nurses are not participating in QI, which may be due to a lack of QI knowledge. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate nurses QI knowledge utilizing the revised Quality Improvement Knowledge Application Tool (QIKAT-R), with newly created nursing scenarios, among frontline nurses and nurse leaders. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, this study evaluated nurses QI knowledge utilizing the QIKAT-R. Results: Overall, QI knowledge among nurses was low. The frontline nurses (n = 44) scored higher than nurse leaders (n = 11) on overall QI knowledge scores, although not significant. Frontline nurses scored higher in QI knowledge related to aim and measure, whereas nurse leaders scored higher in change. Conclusions: Understanding frontline nurses QI knowledge, such as with the QIKAT-R with newly created nursing scenarios, can assist with creating targeted strategies for improving overall engagement in QI.
Background: Nurses play a vital role in the medication administration process and are frequently involved in adverse drug events (ADEs). One identified cause of ADEs is lack of pharmacology knowledge received during their training and/or failure to maintain this core information: the latter cause has been described as skill decay. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement an online pharmacology review program to maintain and/or improve nursing students' pharmacology knowledge, thus decreasing skill decay over the school's summer break. Methods: Nursing students enrolled in a 4-year BSN program participated in a virtual pharmacology knowledge review program consisting of a pretest survey, learning modules, quizzes, and a final posttest survey. Results: Comparisons showed statistical significance in test score improvement from pretest to posttest. Conclusions: This project demonstrates that a review program can enhance nursing students' pharmacology knowledge throughout their summer break. It adds to the limited data about the need for pharmacology programs to decrease skill decay.
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