Patient safety and managing risk in nursing /

Fisher, Melanie,

Patient safety and managing risk in nursing / Melanie Fisher and Margaret Scott. - London ; Thousand Oaks, California : Sage/Learning Matters, ©2013. - viii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Transforming nursing practice. .

"Meeting the NMC standards and essential skills clusters"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Patient safety and quality -- Risk and healthcare -- Accidents and incidents : what went wrong? -- Medicine administration and safety -- Raising concerns : safeguarding the vulnerable -- The nurse : accountability and professional regulation / John Unsworth -- Human error : systems and human factors in patient safety -- Measuring patient safety and satisfaction -- The influence of leadership and culture in managing patient safety -- Patient safety : what next?

9781446266885 (pbk.)


Patient safety.
Nurse's role.
Risk assessment.
Safety management.
Medical errors-- Prevention.
Nursing--Risk assessment.
Patients--Safety measures.
Medical care--Safety measures.

R729.8 / .F535 2013

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