Quality and Safety in Nurse Education: Are We in a State of Readiness?

Citation

Beattie M & Rooney K (2012) Quality and Safety in Nurse Education: Are We in a State of Readiness?. Nurse Education Today, 32 (6), p. 622–623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.032

Abstract
Internationally, improving the quality of health care remains challenging (Scottish Government, 2010; Department of Health, 2008; Institute of Medicine, 2001). Despite significant advances in evidence-based healthcare, patients are often in receipt of poor care. The evidence base suggests that 1 in 10 patients admitted to NHS hospitals will be unintentionally harmed and that around 50% of these events could have been avoided if lessons from previous incidents had been learned (National Audit Office, 2005). Patient safety incidents cost the NHS in the UK an estimated £2 billion a year in extra bed days alone (National Audit Office, 2005). Despite our best efforts, patient harm from healthcare has remained relatively common with little evidence of improvement over the last 10 years (Landrigan et al., 2010).

Notes
Output Type: Editorial

Journal
Nurse Education Today: Volume 32, Issue 6

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Dr Michelle Beattie

Lecturer, Health Sciences (Highland & W.Isles)