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This piece discusses how undergraduate professional nursing education integrates the topic of patient safety into classroom and clinical instruction, and how this affects patient safety as a whole.
This piece discusses how undergraduate professional nursing education integrates the topic of patient safety into classroom and clinical instruction, and how this affects patient safety as a whole.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2023. AHRQ Publication no. 23-0082.
Regional Center at Jacksonville University, University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, FL.
US Department of Health and Human Services. 2023.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research; August 22, 2023.
Addressing diagnostic errors to improve outcomes and patient safety has long been a problem in the US healthcare system.1 Many methods of reducing diagnostic error focus on individual factors and single cases, instead of focusing on the contribution of system factors or looking at diagnostic errors across a disease or clinical condition. Instead of addressing individual cases, KP sought to improve the disease diagnosis process and systems. The goal was to address the systemic root cause issues in systems that lead to diagnostic errors.
This piece discusses virtual nursing, an approach to care that incorporates an advanced practice nurse into hospital-based patient care through telehealth. Virtual nursing increases patient safety and may enable expert nurses to continue to meet patient needs in future staffing shortages.
This piece discusses virtual nursing, an approach to care that incorporates an advanced practice nurse into hospital-based patient care through telehealth. Virtual nursing increases patient safety and may enable expert nurses to continue to meet patient needs in future staffing shortages.

Editor’s note: Kathleen Sanford is the chief nursing officer and an executive vice president at CommonSpirit. Sue Schuelke is an assistant professor at the College of Nursing–Lincoln Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center. They have pioneered and tested a new model of nursing care that utilizes technology to add experienced expert nurses to care teams, called Virtual Nursing.
This piece focuses on the importance of building the capacity of the workforce and organizations for patient safety using patient safety education.
This piece focuses on the importance of building the capacity of the workforce and organizations for patient safety using patient safety education.
Committee on Unequal Treatment, National Academies. 2023.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. 2023.