Patient Safety 101
The foundation guide for safer care.
A clear, practical introduction to patient safety for nurses, clinicians, students, educators and healthcare teams. Built on clinical evidence and experience, it is the guide Aderonke wished she had at the start of her career.
Covers human factors, communication, medication safety, incident reporting, safety culture, PSIRF and speaking up: translating complex concepts into practical clinical understanding.
What's inside
- Human factors and their role in patient harm
- Communication, handover and escalation
- Incident reporting and learning from events
- Medication safety and error prevention
- PSIRF, duty of candour and speaking up
- Safety culture and psychological safety
CASCADE™ Workbook
From incident learning to measurable improvement.
A structured, practical workbook that guides healthcare teams through the CASCADE™ safety learning system: helping organisations move from lessons identified to actions implemented, with clear evidence of impact.
Designed for patient safety leads, quality improvement teams, ward managers and any healthcare professional responsible for learning from incidents, complaints, audits, risks and staff concerns.
What's inside
- Step-by-step guidance through the CASCADE™ safety learning system
- Structured templates for capturing and analysing safety intelligence
- Action planning tools that move beyond weak recommendations
- Progress tracking and implementation monitoring
- Board-ready reporting and impact demonstration
Speak Up
Because silence is not a safety strategy.
A practical guide to speaking up, raising concerns and strengthening psychological safety. Covers safe escalation, patient advocacy and the CLEAR Standard, giving clinicians the frameworks and confidence to raise concerns effectively.
Essential for any clinician who has stayed silent when they should have spoken, and any leader building a culture where raising concerns is genuinely safe.
What's inside
- Why healthcare professionals stay silent: and the cost
- Practical frameworks for raising concerns safely
- The CLEAR Standard for safe escalation
- Patient advocacy and duty of candour
- Building psychological safety on your team
The IEN Field Guide
Helping internationally educated nurses navigate safety, culture and practice.
A practical guide for internationally educated nurses transitioning into new healthcare systems, with a focus on confidence, patient safety, professional identity and career protection.
Covers the UK patient safety landscape, cultural transitions, speaking up safely, protecting your NMC registration and building professional confidence.
What's inside
- Understanding patient safety in the UK NHS context
- Navigating cultural transitions in clinical practice
- Speaking up and raising concerns in a new system
- Protecting your NMC registration
- Building confidence and professional identity
- Practical frameworks: Understand, Navigate, Speak Up, Practice
The Second Victim Roadmap
Support after incidents matters.
A compassionate and practical guide for healthcare workers affected by patient safety incidents, complaints, investigations or professional distress. This book names what happens to the people on the other side of harm: and offers a genuine roadmap for recovery.
Essential for practitioners, team leaders and organisations committed to genuine staff support after adverse events.
What's inside
- Understanding the second victim phenomenon
- The emotional and professional impact of incidents
- The road to recovery: a practical, compassionate roadmap
- When investigation processes add further harm
- Organisational responses that actually help
- Building peer support and psychological safety
Preceptorship Companion Guide
For nurses, student nurses, ward managers, preceptors and practice assessors.
A practical chapter-by-chapter companion guide for those supporting newly registered and newly transitioned nurses through preceptorship. Bridges the gap between policy, theory and the realities of ward-based practice.
Essential reading for newly registered nurses navigating their preceptorship period, student nurses preparing for registration, and the ward leaders and assessors who support them.
