title: Key conference.
abstract: This one-day conference includes sessions on an array of nursing topics to ensure patient safety. These include nursing management and leadership, continuous assessment, training, nursing indicators and metrics. Falls management, failure to rescue and pressure ulcer management are also examined. Delegates will have opportunities to seek advice from members of the speaker's panel on the challenges and issues of improving patient safety. The conference is expected to close with a look at the tools available for monitoring and improving patient safety on wards, for reporting and learning from incidents, and for investigations such as root cause analysis.