Exploring how nursing schools handle student errors and near misses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Exploring how nursing schools handle student errors and near misses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published October 2017

Exploring how nursing schools handle student errors and near misses.

Disch J, Barnsteiner J, Connor S, Brogren F. Am J Nurs. 2017;117:24-31.

This survey of nearly 500 nursing schools found that policies and structured tools for reporting nursing student errors are lacking. The authors believe that these results demonstrate the need to improve safety culture during nursing training.

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