Abstract
Background:This paper explores the opportunities and challenges for integrating patient safety education in undergraduate nursing curriculum.Methods:Four dimensions of undergraduate nursing education are examined: National accreditation of nursing programs, building a competency-based nursing education, a model of nursing education and building faculty capacity in patient safety education and research.Results:Incorporating patient safety in a nursing curriculum can be “institutionalized” by making it a pre-requisite for granting program accreditation. At the operational level, transforming undergraduate nursing education to incorporate inquiry-based learning and moving toward competency-based patient safety education are two key requirements for engaging the students with patient safety science. Building faculty capacity who are experts in both patient safety teaching and research remains a key challenge that needs to be addressed to enable a shift in the patient safety “mindset” for future nursing workforce.Conclusion:Efforts to introduce patient safety in nursing education are both necessary and timely, and should accommodate students’ unique needs and cultural context.
Highlights
Patient Safety is a growing global phenomenon
The need to ensure that the undergraduate nursing education has explicit and relevant elements of patient safety is timely, and while the academic accreditation regulators may dictate the nursing education provider to integrate certain elements of patient safety in their curricula, we suggest that it is up to the applying higher education institution to translate such requirements into tangible educational steps in their nursing curriculum
This discussion paper aimed at outlining few opportunities and challenges that face patient safety education in undergraduate nursing curriculum, and the discussion is by no means inclusive of all issues
Summary
Do no Harm is a basic ethical principle that underpins health care delivery. The basic pillars which underpin modern patient safety thinking are recognized as integral part of health professional education, there is still ambiguity on how patient safety can be best incorporated into both. Undergraduate nursing education represents an important venue for providing future generations of nurses with the patient safety skills fit for the 21st century. The aim of this paper is to discuss the current opportunities for integrating patient safety education in the undergraduate nursing education and potential challenges that are likely to hinder successful integration. This paper explores the opportunities and challenges for integrating patient safety education in undergraduate nursing curriculum
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