Hospitals that have better work environments for nurses have safer care for the youngest—and often most vulnerable—patients.

A 1999 Institute of Medicine report showed that preventable medical errors were responsible for as many as 98,000 deaths in hospitals each year. In the nearly two decades since, hospitals in the United States have prioritized patient safety more than ever. But has that emphasis helped?

Eileen Lake, professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses how things have changed, specifically for pediatric patients in acute-care settings, the state of pediatric care today, and what her findings, which appear in the Journal of Patient Safety, mean for the future.

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