Improving quality and safety in graduate education using an electronic student tracking system.

The Institute of Medicine report on the future of nursing, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses initiative, and the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform movement are among the most prominent forces guiding change related to information technology and informatics in nursing to improve quality and safety in practice. Informatics competencies are essential for psychiatric nurses to leverage and integrate information technology into education, practice, and research. This article examines informatics and information technology from the perspective of educational preparation of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Literature related to informatics, information technology, and quality and safety in advanced practice psychiatric nursing. Strategies for integration of information technology in educating psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students are described. Informatics competency will result in safer and higher quality care.

McNelis AM ，Horton-Deutsch S ，Friesth BM 《-》

Quality and safety graduate competencies in psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner education.

Education of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) is undergoing massive change, partially driven by practice requirements and national certification changes, the development of new nurse practitioner competencies, and the development of the graduate quality and safety in nursing (QSEN) competencies. We are in the middle of a paradigm shift of expectations, not only just from these new competencies but also from the context of care and the impact PMHNP graduates will have on policy and health care delivery in the future. In this review article, the authors will discuss the general categories of the graduate QSEN competencies and how they relate to PMHNP education, competency development, and the application to curricular development in PMHNP programs across the United States. Importantly, these changes into PMHNP education, while remaining true to the fundamental tenants of advanced practice psychiatric nursing, prepare the PMHNP to meet the challenges of health care reform and service delivery.

Weber M ，Delaney KR ，McCoy KT ，Snow D ，Scharf MR ，Brackley MH ... -  《-》

Improving information technology competencies: implications for psychiatric mental health nursing.

Fetter MS 《-》

HIT plants SEEDS in healthcare education.

Connors H ，Warren J ，Weaver C 《-》

A database for nurse practitioner clinical education.

Cullen D ，Stiffler D ，Settles J ，Pesut DJ ... -  《-》