Janalou Blecke Professor of Health Sciences Appointed to SVSU in 1977 Ph.D. Michigan State University M.N. University of Washington B.S.N. Capital University
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION Blecke, J., Decker, S.A., & Barnsteiner, J. (University of Pennsylvania). (2011, June). The ECLIPSE (Endowed Clinical Professor for Service and Education) program. Paper presented at the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) National Forum, Milwaukee, WI. This presentation described an innovative, multifaceted approach to: 1) disseminate the Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) competencies to faculty within the Department of Nursing at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) in Saginaw Michigan; 2) disseminate the QSEN competencies across area schools of nursing through an Annual Patient Safety Conference and 3) strengthen Academic/Practice partnerships through a series of quality improvement/patient safety collaboratives. Applying the Linker model of knowledge diffusion, a parttime, two year faculty appointment was made to the Anderson/Lange Endowed Chair to provide leadership to faculty to promote the dissemination and implementation of the QSEN competencies into the curriculum and to develop and implement a series of learning collaboratives with faculty and clinical partners to improve the quality and safety of health care delivery. This presentation describes the process for disseminating the competencies to faculty, partnering nursing faculty with clinical agency staff to design and complete quality improvement projects, and hosting an annual patient safety conference. Projects included glycemic control across a multi-hospital system; an evidence-based, nurse driven alcohol withdrawal assessment and intervention program; a communication/lateral hostility program in two agencies, and improved usage of telehealth technology in a home health agency. All faculty/clinical projects resulted in significant improvements in patient care and/or nursing satisfaction. SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES included: 1) Faculty immersion in design and implementation of evidence-
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