TEACHING STRATEGIES PLAN

Online Discussion (Post clinical activity)

NAME OF LEARNING
ACTIVITY
Learning Activity
Summary

Students will be required to write a post addressing quality

and safety in the clinical setting. The student will first define
quality and safety related to QSEN and then provide one
example of a quality improvement that they have seen in their
clinical setting. This could be something as simple as audits or
something larger such as a hospital wide quality change.
Students will also identify one area that they feel quality
improvement or safety needs to be addressed and how they
may go about doing so. Students are required to use at least
one scholarly reference and reply to one of their peers.
Cognitive (identify level): synthesis, comprehension

Domain of Learning Affective: organization, responding, valuing

(Blooms Taxonomy
Psychomotor: n/a
Revised)

Student-Centered
At the completion of this learning activity, the learner will:
Learning Objective(s)
1. Be prepared to explain the definition of quality and
safety as related to nursing
2. Understand how quality improvement and safety are
crucial and make themselves apparent in the clinical
setting
3. Define an area that they believe lends itself to quality
improvement in the clinical setting and articulate what
needs to be done for change to occur
Preparation Required
by Teacher/Facilitator and
Materials Needed

There is no preparation required by the teacher aside from

setting up guidelines for the discussion question

Time Allotted

Homework

Learning Styles
Addressed by Activity

Verbal, solitary

How is content connected The content builds upon previous knowledge that the students
to prior learning?
have about quality and safety. This forces the students to look
at a different aspect than just the delivery of health
assessment and take into account the bigger picture and what
we can do as nurses to ensure the best patient care.
Reflective Debriefing Facilitator will provide the student with a comment in response
with Learners (postto their discussion post.
learning activity) How will
it be accomplished?
Evaluation of
Learning will be a evaluated by a grading rubric that assesses
Learning (How will it be
whether or not the student meets the requirements of the
accomplished?)
assignment.
Teacher Reflection

This activity is a good fit for post-clinical to ensure that

students are understanding how quality and safety are
(justify choice of learning important in nursing. It allows for instructors to ensure that
activity and good fit for students are getting the most out of their clinical experience
the identified learning and are taking the time to look at things from a different angle.
objectives)