Patient safety and managing risk in nursing / Melanie Fisher and Margaret Scott.

"Meeting the NMC standards and essential skills clusters"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Patient safety and quality -- Risk and healthcare -- Accidents and incidents : what went wrong? -- Medicine administration and safety -- Raising concerns : safeguarding the vulnerable -- The nurse : accountability and professional regulation / John Unsworth -- Human error : systems and human factors in patient safety -- Measuring patient safety and satisfaction -- The influence of leadership and culture in managing patient safety -- Patient safety : what next?

A practical introduction to patient safety and risk management written specifically for nurses and nursing students.