Includes bibliographical references and index.

Quality and safety : an overview. Driving forces for quality and safety : changing mindsets to improve health care / Gwen Sherwood ; Policy implications driving national quality and safety initiatives / Mary Jean Schumann ; A national initiative : quality and safety education for nurses / Linda R. Cronewett and Jane Barnsteiner -- Quality and safety competencies : the quality and safety education for nurses project. Patient-centered care / Mary K. Walton and Jane Barnsteiner ; Teamwork and collaboration / Joanne Disch ; Quality improvement / Jean Jonson ; Evidence-based practice / Mary Fran Tracy and Jane Barnsteiner ; Safety / Jane Barnsteienr ; Informatics / Thomas R. Clancy and Judith J. Warren -- Strategies to build a culture of quality and safety. Transforming education to transform practice : integrating quality and safety in subject-centered classrooms using unfolding case studies / Lisa Day and Gwen Sherwood ; Using narrative pedagogy to foster quality and safety / Pamela M. Ironside, Elizabeth Cerbie Brown and Amy Hagedom Wonder ; Integrating quality and safety competencies in simulation / Kathryn R. Alden and Carol F. Durham ; Quality and safety education in clinical learning environments / Lisa Day and Gwen Sherwood ; Interprofessional approaches to quality and safety education / Mary A. Dolansky, Ellen Luebbers and Shirley M. Moore ; Improving quality and safety with transition-to-practice programs / Nancy Spector, Beth T. Ulrich and Jane Barnsteiner ; Leadership to create change / Joanne Disch ; Global perspectives on quality and safety / Gwen Sherwood -- Appendix A: prelicensure competencies -- Appendix B: Quality and safety education for nurses graduate/advanced practice nursing competencies -- Appendix C: Quality and safety education for nurses : results of a national Delphi study to developmentally level KSAs.

Drawing on the universal values in health care, the second edition of Quality and Safety in Nursing continues to devote itself to the nursing community and explores their role in improving quality of care and patient safety.

In English.