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