title: The nurse and patient safety.
abstract: Nurses are the key to hospital efforts to improve patient safety. This foldout section examines Transforming Care at the Bedside and other initiatives designed to help nurses become safety leaders.
authors.forename: Lee Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Runy
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management