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    Patient safety is defined as ‘the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with healthcare’ ~ WHO, 2017
  • Knowledge and skills
    The knowledge and skills nursing students develop during their undergraduate studies have a direct impact on patient safety ~ The Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry, 2001
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    It is in the formative years of undergraduate education that attitudes are forged and skills imparted which shape the quality of engagement with patients for years to come ~ Kennedy, 2001
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    Internationally, hospitalised patients experience approximately 16.8 million adverse events annually ~ Jha et al, 2018
  • infection-prevention
    Healthcare errors have been identified as the third leading cause of death in developed countries ~ Makary & Daniel, 2016
  • Adverse Events
    Up to 17% of hospital admissions result in an adverse event and half of these are preventable ~ Bartlett, 2008

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  • The Patient Safety Competency Framework
    • Person-centred care
    • Therapeutic communication
    • Cultural Competence
    • Teamwork and collaborative practice
    • Clinical Reasoning
    • Evidenced-based practice
    • Preventing, minimising and responding to adverse events
    • Infection prevention and control
    • Medication safety

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PSCF DOCUMENTLevett-Jones, T. Dwyer, T., Reid-Searl, K., Heaton, L., Flenady, T., Applegarth, J., Guinea, S., Andersen, P. (2017). Patient Safety Competency Framework (PSCF) for Nursing Students. Sydney, NSW