title: The intersection of patient safety and nursing research.
abstract: The individual and collective discussions of the patient safety issue in the United States have mounted from a low roar to a deafening din in the past 10 years. In this chapter the authors (1) discuss the context of patient safety over the past decade and the federal response to the problem, (2) briefly present Reason's theory of human error, which frames much of the safety research, and (3) provide a glossary of terms.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hinton Walker
authors.forename: Gaya
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carlton
authors.forename: Lela
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: Patricia W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Stone
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D015984:Causality; D019336:Cognitive Science; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013597:Systems Analysis; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States