Exploring how nursing schools handle student errors and near misses.

Joanne Disch; Jane Barnsteiner; Susan Connor; Fabiana Brogren

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Exploring how nursing schools handle student errors and near misses.

December 13, 2017

Disch J, Barnsteiner J, Connor S, et al. Am J Nurs. 2017;117(10):24-31.

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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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