Implementing a Just Culture in Nursing Academia: Developing Practice Ready Nurses

Friday, March 31
Implementing a Just Culture in Nursing Academia: Developing Practice Ready Nurses
Gerry Altmiller, EdD, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN
A Live Virtual Event • 12:50 – 3:45 PM (Central Time)
Recording available for 60 days post-event for CE

The Joint Commission states a safety culture is comprised of a just culture, a reporting culture, and a learning culture. A just culture is one that balances system accountability with individual accountability when addressing errors. Healthcare organizations support a just culture by encouraging error reporting without fear of punishment and by conducting investigations to determine causes to improve quality and learn from mistakes. The same is not true of prelicensure nursing education where the response to errors is often punitive and threatens dismissal. This academic-practice gap threatens patient safety as students learn to conceal errors and near-misses, preventing processes from being modified to mitigate future errors and impeding the process of learning from mistakes. This presentation explores just culture in nursing education and discusses evidence-based strategies to bridge the gap between academia and practice. The content will include strategies that can be implemented in nursing curricula to support principles of just culture and will emphasize the role nurse educators play in shaping the next generation of nurses to identify with quality and safety values so that they may serve as change agents for a safer, more effective healthcare system.