FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Executive Summary -- 1 Nursing: Inseparably Linked to Patient Safety -- 2 A Framework for Building Patient Safety Defenses into Nurses' Work Environments -- 3 Nurses Caring for Patients: Who They Are, Where They Work, and What They Do -- 4 Transformational Leadership and Evidence-Based Management -- 5 Maximizing Workforce Capability -- 6 Work and Workspace Design to Prevent and Mitigate Errors -- 7 Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Safety -- 8 Implementation Considerations and Needed Research -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Committee Membership and Study Approach -- Appendix B Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Team Functioning, and Patient Safety -- Appendix C Work Hour Regulation in Safety-Sensitive Industries -- Index.