Section 1 Quality and Safety: An Overview 1 1 Driving Forces for Quality and Safety: Changing Mindsets to Improve Health Care 3 Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF 2 Policy Implications Driving National Quality and Safety Initiatives 33 Mary Jean Schumann, DNP, MBA, RN, CPNP-PC, FAAN 3 A National Initiative: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses 63 Linda R. Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN and Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN Section 2 Quality and Safety Competencies: The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Project 83 4 Person/Family‐Centered Care 85 Margo A. Halm, PhD, RN, NEA-BC and Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN 5 Teamwork and Collaboration 131 Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN 6 Quality Improvement 155 Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN 7 Evidence‐Based Practice 185 Mary Fran Tracy, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS, FCNS, FAAN and Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN 8 Safety 213 Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN 9 Informatics 239 Thomas R. Clancy, MBA, PhD, RN, FAAN and Judith J. Warren, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, FACMI Section 3 Strategies to Build a Culture of Quality and Safety 267 10 Transforming Education to Transform Practice: Integrating Quality and Safety in Interactive Classrooms Using Unfolding Case Studies 269 Lisa Day, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN and Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF 11 Reflective Practice: Using Narrative Pedagogy to Foster Quality and Safety 301 Gail Armstrong, PhD, DNP, ACNS-BC, CNE, Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, Pamela M. Ironside, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, Elizabeth Cerbie Brown, MSN, RN, and Amy Hagedorn Wonder, PhD, RN 12 Quality and Safety Education in Clinical Learning Environments 321 Gwen Sherwood, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF and Lisa Day, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN 13 Integrating Quality and Safety Competencies in Simulation 349 Jennifer T. Alderman, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL, CNE, CHSE and Carol F. Durham, EdD, RN, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN 14 Interprofessional Approaches to Quality and Safety Education 385 Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN, Ellen Luebbers, MD, Mamta K. Singh, MD, MS, Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Meg Zomorodi, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF 15 Improving Quality and Safety with Transition‐to‐Practice Programs 411 Bethany Robertson, DNP, CNM, FNAP, Nancy Spector, PhD, RN, FAAN, Joan Kavanagh, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, Jane Barnsteiner, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN 16 Leadership to Create Change 441 Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN Appendix A Prelicensure Competencies 465 Appendix B Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Graduate/Advanced Practice Nursing Competencies 473 Appendix C Quality and Safety Education for Nurses: Results of a National Delphi Study to Developmentally Level KSAs 481 Appendix D Simulation Development Template 491 Glossary 505 Index 521