Nursing pathways for patient safety / National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), Expert Panel on Practice Breakdown ; Patricia E. Benner, Kathy Malloch, Vickie Sheets, editors ; Karla Bitz ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview : NCSBN practice breakdown initiative -- Practice breakdown : medication administration -- Practice breakdown : clearly communicating patient data and clinical assessments -- Practice breakdown : attentiveness/surveillance -- Practice breakdown : clinical reasoning or judgment -- Practice breakdown : prevention -- Practice breakdown : intervention -- Practice breakdown : interpretation of authorized provider orders -- Practice breakdown : professional responsibility and patient advocacy -- Mandatory reporting -- Organizational use of TERCAP : shifting from a quality management to a whole systems approach.