Patient safety and simulation in prelicensure nursing education: An integrative review

The Institute of Medicine (2003) called for healthcare educational reform to emphasize patient safety. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (2011) initiative responded to the call and defined quality and safety competencies and knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to achieve the competencies. The purpose of this review is to synthesize the evidence of simulation to teach safety in nursing education. The final appraisal included 17 articles. The evidence supports the use of simulation to teach patient safety competencies.