Patient safety: Nursing students' perspectives and the role of nursing education to provide safe care

International Nursing Review

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 434-442

  Vaismoradi, M ^a   Salsali, M ^a   Marck, P ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content Analysis; Curriculum; Iran; Nursing Education; Patient Safety; Qualitative Research; Safe Care; Student Perspectives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051747121     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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