Health care systems are complex organisations, often with inherent
unpredictable risks that impact on safe delivery of patient care. These
systems must be managed by health care professionals who possess
the knowledge and skills to safely provide health care to patients with
increasingly complex needs (Carayon, 2006; Leape et al., 2009). It has
been suggested that nurses are more likely than any other health care
professionals to recognise, intercept, and correct errors that are often
life threatening (Rothschild et al., 2006). Nursing Education providers
are faced with the challenging task of equipping the nursing students
with the necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes to manage such
patient complex needs, and overall, improving patient safety. Schools
of nursing and health education organisations are positioned in a strategic
place to deliver the required patient safety education.