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Nurse curricula on patient safety ; the current situation in Croatia

Background In Croatia some institutions are responsible for education and training in patient safety: Ministry of Science and Education, chambers of doctors, nurses and midwives, Agency for Quality and Accreditation of Health Care and Social Welfare, scientific medical societies (training for health professionals) and different health care organizations. Aims To evidence nursing curricula on patient safety teaching at national (Croatian) level, and to compare at European level. Methods Descriptive method Results Most of the reported education and training activities are provided at the graduate and postgraduate level and within the continual education modules. There is an ongoing initiative to strength education at undergraduate level. Main topics in the nursing school curricula are human factors (the nurses role), patient factor and teamwork and strong communication between healthcare workers. Special emphasis is on adherence to medication in nursing curricula, because more than 10% of older adult hospital admissions may be due to nonadherence to medication regimens, one-third (33%) of older persons admitted to the hospital had a history of nonadherence and nearly one- fourth (25%) of nursing home admissions may be due to older person’s inability to self- administer medications. Conclusions Moduls „Patient safety“ in nursing curricula in Croatian are limited and relative few (particularly at postgraduate level), but necessary is to implement this course at all levels of education, especially as a separate module. Relevance for nursing science in Europe To discuss the current situation in Croatia in relation to other European countries, related to some important educational issues: competencies required for nurse education that allow environments that address and minimise rationing.

patient safety ; nurse curricula ; Croatia

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