JU’s Teri Chenot of College of Health Sciences helping plan national Nursing safety education meeting

JU’s Teri Chenot, Ed.D., RN, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing in the College of Health Sciences, is serving on the 2014 QSEN Institute National Forum Planning Committee.

The conference, titled “Creating Safe Harbor for Patients and Families,” is scheduled for May 27-29, 2014, in Baltimore. It is designed to attract innovators and nurture faculty and nursing leaders for the improvement of quality and safety education.

The 2014 QSEN Forum will be held in conjunction with the Academy for Healthcare Improvement, whose mission is to foster an interprofessional community that advances improvement in healthcare through scholarly and education activities.

Chenot focuses her research on patient safety and improving health outcomes, and by serving on the national planning committee for the conference for the second year, she is helping to move that initiative ahead. Chenot has presented at the conference the past four years since its inception.