Nursing Excellence Digital Badge

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The Nursing Excellence badge is a competency badge offered through the Department of Nursing. Earning this badge demonstrates the completion of nursing excellence training and professional development informed by industry leader ANCC Magnet® Recognition programming. It is intended to prepare participants for work in hospitals/facilities nationwide that are seeking and/or maintaining ANCC Magnet® Recognition programming. 

Earning Criteria

Participants earning this badge are required to submit academic works demonstrating the ability to critically research evidence-based clinical nursing practice, showcase EHR documentation skills and use informatics to inform patient care, interpret change theory and its application in clinical practice, and how quality and safety directs professional patient care and outcomes.

Competencies Demonstrated

1. Use critical thinking to critique research studies to determine the applicability of evidence-based nursing practice.
2. Demonstrate and use appropriate databases for conducting literature reviews for applying evidence to clinical practice.
3. Examine how safety, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness can be improved in health care.
4. Utilize technologies that support clinical decision-making, error prevention, and care coordination.
5. Demonstrate proficiency in EHR data entry, extraction, and management.
6. Utilize standardized measurement tools to identify documentation compliance.
7. Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions.
8. Apply QSEN competencies and Magnet® components to nursing practice leadership.
9. Select and appraise change theories to influence patient outcomes.
10. Evaluate the impact care delivery has on the safety and quality of care in the healthcare environment.
11. Analyze the effectiveness of the quality improvement process to improve patient outcomes.
12. Evaluate the use of QSEN competencies in health care settings.
13. Illustrate the interdependence between the Magnet® model, the professional Registered Nurse role, and quality patient outcomes in a health care setting.