Healthcare Quality Assurance Fundamentals
This course equips early-career nurses with the essential tools to identify, monitor, and improve standards of clinical care. Participants will learn how to align daily nursing practices with established quality frameworks and patient safety protocols.
£150
Certified Healthcare Quality Associate
- Pass mark 70%
- Certificate on completion
- Verifiable public certificate ID
- English · available globally
Healthcare Quality Assurance Fundamentals: the short answers
- What is Healthcare Quality Assurance Fundamentals?
- This course equips early-career nurses with the essential tools to identify, monitor, and improve standards of clinical care. Participants will learn how to align daily nursing practices with established quality frameworks and patient safety protocols.
- Who is Healthcare Quality Assurance Fundamentals for?
- It is pitched at Foundation level for Junior Staff Nurses working in nursing, and is studied online from any country.
- How long does Healthcare Quality Assurance Fundamentals take?
- Around 12 hours of study, plus the assessed assignments and one applied project.
- How is the certification assessed?
- Every assignment and the final project are assessed automatically against the published criteria. The pass mark is 70%, and an item that does not pass can be resubmitted.
- What do I receive when I pass?
- Certified Healthcare Quality Associate, issued as a certificate with a unique ID that employers can check in the public certificate register.
- How much does it cost?
- £150 once, with no subscription.
What you will be able to do
- Identify common quality indicators in patient care
- Apply root cause analysis to minor incident reporting
- Implement evidence-based clinical checklists
- Understand the documentation standards for quality assurance
Written by Dr. Sarah Jenkins, RN, PhD. Every submission is assessed automatically against the published criteria for Certified Healthcare Quality Associate, and the certificate is issued the moment the assessment is complete.
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