Certain groups of people disproportionately experience avoidable harm in our healthcare system. Over the course of 2023, research posted to AHRQ PSNet has focused on the issue of equity in patient safety. This Year in Review Perspective discusses this body of research, through findings on clinician bias, technological tools, current initiatives directed at improving health equity, and in clinical areas such as obstetrics.
Joan Stanley is the chief academic officer at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). We spoke to her about 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.