Patient Safety Error Reporting Education for Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Scoping Review

Abstract

Background: Patient safety error reporting is essential for learning and preventing errors, and nursing students should develop error reporting capabilities through error reporting education. This study examined undergraduate error reporting education to identify a sustainable development direction. Method: A systematic literature search of three major scientific databases identified nine articles that met the inclusion criteria. Data on error reporting education features and future error reporting education challenges were extracted. Results: Eight studies presented content and error levels according to World Health Organization incident type. Simulations and error reporting systems were used frequently as teaching-learning methods. Although most programs involved Level 3 of Kirkpatrick's levels in error reporting education, programs involving innovative thinking for sustainable error reporting education development are lacking. Conclusion: For more effective error reporting education, active teaching methods such as virtual reality simulations and planning, applying, and evaluating methods for long-term direct clinical error reporting are required. [ J Nurs Educ . 2023;62(9):489–494.]