NU 710 - Improvement Science

The course focuses on a systems-based approach to enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through system effectiveness and individual performance using established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Students will review metrics and data driven benchmarks to analyze quality and safety initiatives, employ change theory and improvement science processes to design evidence‐based interventions, and demonstrate advocacy to promote a just institutional culture reflecting resiliency, civility, and respect. Semester Credit Hours: 3.00 Contact Hours: 45/0/0/45 Prerequisites: NU 760 Scholarship for Nursing Practice. Corequisites: None.