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