Patient safety: where is nursing education?

David M. Gregory; Lorna W. Guse; Diana Davidson Dick; Cynthia K. Russell

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Patient safety: where is nursing education?

March 14, 2007

Gregory DM, Guse LW, Dick DD, et al. J Nurs Educ. 2007;46(2):79-82.

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The authors encourage nursing educators to address systems failures and how they contribute to student errors.

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