Patient safety: teaching-learning strategy

Abstract

Patient safety is a strategy created to try to reduce the adverse effects in care, and thus contribute to a safe quality of care. The theme has been the subject of several debates and has gained space in health institutions, and is considered relevant worldwide for its importance for managers and health professionals in terms of care for clients and their families. The strategy is to qualify, in a solid and safe way, health professionals during their training phase, by promoting continuous and organizational learning in the scientific and pedagogical scope, improving the performance of their activities. The aim of this study was to review scientific publications in relation to the different approaches to patient safety, especially the health education for these professionals. This is a qualitative and quantitative study using the steps of the integrative review. Capes Journal Portal was used as research source, applying the descriptors “Patient Safety AND Nursing”, “Patient Safety AND Teaching” and “Patient Safety AND Education”. There were found 72 publications that dealt with the subject, and 25 more relevant articles related to the proposed theme were selected, between the years 2012 to 2017, and we opted for the national publications. The present study showed the importance of patient safety in the training of nursing professionals, as well as the need for a new approach in the educational environment so that the students can be qualified and use this knowledge in their professional environment.