@article{3186716,
    title = "Regulation and current status of patient safety content in
pre-registration nurse education in 27 countries: Findings from the
Rationing - Missed nursing care (RANCARE) COST Action project",
    author = "Kirwan, Marcia and Riklikiene, Olga and Gotlib, Joanna and Fuster, Pilar and and Borta, Margareta and Evridiki, Papastavrou and Chryssoula, Lemonidou and and Walter, Sermeus and Maria, Schubert and Riitta, Suhonen and Olga, and Riklikiene and Rengin, Acaroglu and Panayiota, Andreou and Darijana, and Antonic and Dietmar, Ausserhofer and Christophe, Baret and Helen, and Bosch-Leertouwer and Helga, Bragadottir and Luk, Bruyneel and Karin, and Christiansen and Ciutiene, Ruta and Raul, Cordeiro and Liana, Deklava and and Suzanne, Dhaini and Anat, Drach-Zahavy and Georgios, Eftathiou and and Sigal, Ezra and Fuster, Pilar and Joanna, Gotlib and Elena, Gurkova and and Monika, Habermann and Kristin, Halovsen and Patti, Hamilton and Clare, and Harvey and Saima, Hinno and Ingibjorg, Hjaltadottir and Darja, Jarosova and and Terry, Jones and Raphaela, Kane and Marcia, Kirwan and Helena, and Leino-Kilpi and Marcel, Leppee and Mario, Amorim Lopes and Diaz and Cristobal, Rengel and Christian, Rochefort and Anne, Scott P. and and Michael, Simon and Renate, Stemmer and Erna, Tichelaar and Luisa, and Toffoli and Siri, Tonnessen and Izabella, Uchmanowicz and Jasminka, and Vuckovic and Eileen, Willis and Renata, Zelenikova and Tatjana, Zorcec and and RANCARE Consortium",
    journal = "Nurse Education in Practice",
    year = "2019",
    volume = "37",
    pages = "132-140",
    publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Exeter, United Kingdom",
    issn = "1471-5953",
    doi = "10.1016/j.nepr.2019.04.013",
    keywords = "Patient safety teaching; Nurse education; Nurse regulation",
    abstract = "Patient safety, as a contemporary health care concern, must remain a
priority for nurse educators. This on-line consultation, carried out
within the RANCARE COST Action project, determined to establish how
patient safety teaching is incorporated into pre-registration education
of nurses across 27 countries. How nursing is regulated within countries
was examined, along with national guidelines related to nurse education.
HEIs were asked to provide details of pre-registration nurse training
and how patient safety is taught within programmes.
The results confirm that the topic of patient safety is generally not
explicitly taught, rather it remains a hidden element within the
curriculum, taught across many subjects. Variation in how nursing is
regulated exists across the countries also, with the professionalization
of nursing remaining a challenge in some states. No guidelines exist at
EU level which address how patient safety should be taught to nursing
students, and as yet regulatory bodies have not put forward criteria on
the subject. As a result individual HEIs determine how patient safety
should be taught.
The WHO guidelines for teaching patient safety are currently
underutilized in nurse education, but could offer a structure and
standard which would address the deficits identified in this work."
}