Perceptions of Canadian labour and delivery nurses about incident reporting: a qualitative descriptive focus group study.

Background: Estimates of incidents (adverse events) occurring during inpatient hospital stays suggest patient safety demands attention. Improving the safety of health care systems requires understanding incidents and their causes. Labour and delivery nurses can contribute to understanding incidents and incident reporting because they actively identify and report incidents in practice.

A collaborative model to introduce quality and safety content into the undergraduate nursing leadership curriculum.

Today's nursing students need an understanding of quality and safety (Q/S) concepts as well as the nurse's role in all phases of Q/S activities. Nursing students' Q/S learning experiences are typically anecdotal. This article describes a practice-academic partnership that raised students' awareness of Q/S within the practice environment.

Parent-nurse interactions: care of hospitalized children.

Background: An essential component of quality nursing care is nurses' ability to work with parents in the hospital care of their children. However, changes in the health care environment have presented nurses with many new challenges, including meeting family-centred care expectations.

Aim Of The Paper: To report a research study examining the experiences of parents who interacted with nurses in a hospital setting regarding the care of their children.