The role of nursing leadership in establishing a safety culture

Callahan and Ruchlin discuss the adoption of a learning organization approach to help promote a patient safety culture. In the learning organization approach to patient safety, it is the task of leadership to expose any mental models currently in place that may hinder efforts towards enhanced patien...

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Published in:Nursing economic 2003-11, Vol.21 (6), p.296-297
Main Authors: Callahan, Mark A, Ruchlin, Hirsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Cooperation
Corporate culture
Credibility
Education, Nursing - organization & administration
Educational leadership
Empowerment
Executives
Health care
Humans
Leadership
Nursing
Nursing Care - organization & administration
Nursing Care - psychology
Organizational change
Organizational Culture
Organizational learning
Patient Care Management - organization & administration
Patient safety
Problem solving
Public health
Quality improvement
Roles
Safety and security measures
Safety Management - organization & administration
Success
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Summary:Callahan and Ruchlin discuss the adoption of a learning organization approach to help promote a patient safety culture. In the learning organization approach to patient safety, it is the task of leadership to expose any mental models currently in place that may hinder efforts towards enhanced patient safety and replace them with ones that facilitate this goal.
ISSN:0746-1739