Patient safety and managing risk in nursing /

Patient safety is a predominant feature of quality healthcare and something that every patient has the right to expect. Nurses must consider the safety of the patient as paramount in every aspect of their role; and it is now an increasingly important topic in pre-registration nursing programmes. Thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Fisher, Melanie (Lecturer in health studies) (Author), Scott, Margaret (Lecturer in health studies) (Author)
Corporate Author:	Sage Publications
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE/Learning Matters, 2013.
Series:	Transforming nursing practice.
Subjects:	Medical errors > Prevention. Nursing > Risk assessment. Patients > Safety measures. Medical care > Safety measures. Patient Safety. Nurse's Role. Risk Assessment. Safety Management. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

chapter 1. Patient safety and quality
chapter 2. Risk and healthcare
chapter 3. Accidents and incidents : what went wrong?
chapter 4. Medicine administration and safety
chapter 5. Raising concerns : safeguarding the vulnerable
chapter 6. The nurse : accountability and professional regulation
chapter 7. Human error : systems and human factors in patient safety
chapter 8. Measuring patient safety and satisfaction
chapter 9. The influence of leadership and culture in managing patient safety
chapter 10. Patient safety : what next?