Patient safety and managing risk in nursing /
Melanie Fisher and Margaret Scott.
- London SAGE c2013
- viii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Transforming nursing practice series .
- Transforming nursing practice. .
"Meeting the NMC standards and essential skills clusters"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-184) 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?