Background: This paper explores the opportunities and challenges for integrating patient safety education in undergraduate nursing curriculum.
Methods: Four dimensions of undergraduate nursing education are examined: National accreditation of nursing programs, building a competency-based nursing education, a model of nursing education and building faculty capacity in patient safety education and research.
Results: Incorporating patient safety in a nursing curriculum can be "institutionalized" by making it a pre-requisite for granting program accreditation.