Quality and Safety in Healthcare Micro-Credential

Promoting quality outcomes for patients is a core value for all healthcare professionals. This micro-credential provides an opportunity for ~~DNP and MS~~ Graduate nursing students to gain knowledge and skills of concepts, strategies, and processes related to quality and safety in healthcare.

For more information and to apply visit the Office of Micro-Credentials.

Course Requirements

Quality and Safety in Healthcare Micro-Credential Core (3 credits)

NGC 634LEC - Organizational and Leadership Concepts in Health Care Credits: 3

Additional Requirements

Complete select Institute for Healthcare Improvement modules as required in NGC 634.
Satisfactory complete the quality improvement proposal required in NGC 634.
View two videos related to quality or safety as found on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement website. The student will then submit a Know-Want-Learn-Analyze-Reflect (KWLA+R) reflection paper, a metacognition strategy for learning.
Develop a short video using the Pecha Kucha method of presentation demonstrating application of quality and safety concepts.

Total Credit Hours: 3

3.0 GPA required

Instruction Method

Online (100 percent of the degree requirements can be fulfilled online)

Average Time to Completion

One Semester