The title of this paper will be: Mitigating Violence in the Workplace. Review QSEN competency information http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas. For this paper, review the QSEN competencies for pre-licensure students http://qsen.org/competencies/pre-licensure-ksas. Note: The QSEN competencies can be found in your text in the preface page xix. They are designed for pre-licensure and graduate students. These competencies hold valuable information applicable to all nurses. QSEN Competencies (select one): (1) patient-centered care (2) teamwork and collaboration (3) evidence-based practice (4) quality improvement (5) safety (6) informatics. Assignment Instructions: As a nurse leader, it is important to be able to prioritize issues and identify strategies to improve outcomes. In this assignment, the student will identify one of the nursing issues from the suggested list (Mitigating Violence in the Workplace is the topic I chose). The student will propose an evidence-based solution and apply a Quality and Safety for Nurses (QSEN) competency to support the issue and solution for executive leadership. Some possible resources for a leadership solution: 1. Magnet® Accreditation, the Beacon Award, or other evidence-based award or designation process 2. IOM Future of Nursing recommendations 3. The Joint Commission; Center for Medicare and Medicaid 4. Board of Nursing; Nurse Practice Act 5. Professional Organizations 6. Professional articles and/or governmental websites (i.e. CDC, IHI, QSEN) 7. The American Organization of Nurse Leaders Guiding Principles can help with topics related to nursing leadership: http://www.aone.org/resources/guiding-principles.shtml Paper: Your paper will be 4-5 content pages (excluding title page and references). Please refer to the rubric for assignment requirements. Within the APA paper, including the following Level 1 headings (you may add others as needed, but keep your paper organized! 1. Introduction Introduction of the nursing leadership issue & discussion of issue (explanation of issue & impact on nursing leadership) 2. Evidence-Based Solution Discussion of evidence-based solution 3. QSEN Competency Apply one QSEN competency and address how it can strengthen the proposed solution 4. Conclusion 5. References (at least 3 scholarly/professional references be sure to include QSEN). References used must be within the last 5 years. The textbook we are using is: Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 9781496349798
