An education-service partnership to achieve safety and quality improvement competencies in nursing.

Kerry H Fater; Robert Ready

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An education-service partnership to achieve safety and quality improvement competencies in nursing.

February 22, 2012

Fater KH, Ready R. Journal of Nursing Education. 2011;50(12).

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This commentary describes how a nursing college and regional health care system collaborated to develop a competency-based curriculum on patient safety.

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