Clinical risk management and patient safety education for nurses: A critique

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-191

  Johnstone, Megan Jane ^a   Kanitsaki, Olga ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical risk management; Graduate nurses; Health care; Interprofessional education; Nurse education; Patient safety; Quality care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT RIGHTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847244883     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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