Instructor's Guide for High Reliability Organizations, Second Edition

This instructor’s guide for High Reliability Organizations: A Healthcare Handbook for Patient Safety & Quality, Second Edition, is designed to be a resource for educators in a variety of academic settings in courses focused on patient safety or quality management in nursing, health services administration, or clinical programs.

The textbook equips nurses and healthcare professionals with the tools necessary to establish an error detection and prevention system. The new edition builds on the foundation of the first book with best practices, relevant exemplars, and important discussions about cultural aspects essential to sustainability. According to authors Cynthia Oster and Jane Braaten, nurses—who are on the front line of providing safe and effective care—are ideally situated to drive high reliability.

The instructor’s guide provides suggestions to guide faculty, nurse leaders, clinical staff nurses, quality and safety staff, or other healthcare professionals who are teaching others about the application of HRO principles to patient safety and quality problems.