Approaching the challenge of patient safety requires the
health-care system to combine its efforts and strategies
with nursing leadership in its vital role of facilitating
provision of safe care and improving patient safety. All
authorities and health-care providers are required to
collaborate and work as a team to remove obstacles in
order to be able to provide safe care and improve patient
safety. Policy makers and nurse educators need to
devise educational programmes for preparing future
nurse leaders as facilitators of safe care. Moreover,
nurse researchers can assist in working with nursing
professionals to evaluate educational interventions focused
on enhancing the role of nurse leaders to help
nurses provide safe care