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Dr. Lee is Researcher, Research Institute of Nursing Science and Associate Professor, and Ms. Jang is Doctoral Student, Seoul National University College of Nursing; Dr. An is Professor, u-Healthcare Design & Healthcare Service Design Development Program, Design Institute, Inje University; Dr. Song is Director, Division of Statistics and Information, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Seoul, Korea; and Ms. Park is Doctoral Student, University of Florida, College of Nursing, Gainesville, Florida.
This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2010-0004584) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Patient safety is an important issue that is receiving global attention in health care. The Institute of Medicine presented the core competencies of patient safety and quality as a new vision of education for health care professionals (Greiner & Knebel, 2003). All health care professionals, as interdisciplinary team members, should be prepared to provide patient-centered care and use evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and health care informatics in accordance with the rapidly changing health care environment (Greiner & Knebel, 2003). However, in reality, health care professionals are not currently prepared to provide high quality of care to meet the needs of changing health care systems and patient demands. The competencies of patient safety and quality are enhanced by integrating these competencies into the education of health care professionals (Greiner & Knebel, 2003).
Interest in patient safety in health care has subsequently initiated changes in nursing education as well. Nurse educators have emphasized the importance of the association between nursing education and competencies of safety and quality of care (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2006, 2013). As a result, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project was initiated in the United States. QSEN outlines six core competencies of knowledge, skills, and attitudes for quality and safety. In addition, QSEN has made various efforts to incorporate the competencies of quality and safety in nursing education (AACN, 2013; Barton, Armstrong, Preheim, Gelmon, & Andrus, 2009; Cronenwett et al., 2007; Cronenwett, Sherwood, & Gelmon, 2009; Jarzemsky, McCarthy, & Ellis, 2010; McKeon, Norris, Cardell, & Britt, 2009).
It is critical for nursing students to be educated...