Open AccessNursing education curriculum for improving patient safety
Author(s) -
Mojtaba Vaismoradi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of nursing education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-4059
pISSN - 1925-4040
DOI - 10.5430/jnep.v2n1p101
Subject(s) - curriculum , nursing , patient safety , creativity , nurse education , medicine , patient care , medical education , psychology , health care , pedagogy , political science , social psychology , law
In preparing future nurses who are competent to provide safe care, nursing education has an important role in developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes of nurses. This article aims to present important points about the incorporation of patient safety into the nursing education curriculum for improving patient outcomes. It is concluded that policy makers and educators should attend the development of necessary competencies in nurses, bring creativity into the style of patient safety education, and consider the cultural specific aspects of the phenomenon of patient safety during designing nursing education curricula.