The answer is Quality improvement.
Informatics involves the use of information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making. While it is crucial in the nursing process, it does not specifically focus on monitoring developmental outcomes.
Quality improvement (QI) is the competency that focuses on using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and using improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems. Monitoring developmental outcomes in the nursing care process falls under this competency as it involves assessing and improving care based on data and outcomes.
Patient-centered care emphasizes providing care that is respectful of, and responsive to, individual patient preferences, needs, and values. While it is essential for ensuring that care is tailored to the patient, it does not specifically address the monitoring of developmental outcomes.
Evidence-based practice involves integrating the best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for the delivery of optimal health care. Although it is crucial for ensuring that nursing care is based on the best available evidence, it does not specifically focus on the monitoring of developmental outcomes.