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Copyright of Texto & Contexto Enfermagem is the property of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pos-Graduacao de Enfermagem and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Revista Gaucha de Enfermagem is the property of Revista Gaucha de Enfermagem and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The cases involving nursing errors widely publicized in the media leave the population insecure regarding health services and the safety of nursing care. The media influences society, contributing to the formulation of concepts and opinions about health and the nursing profession services. With the aim of analysing how nursing errors are presented in Brazilian and Portuguese media today (2012-2016), this is a documentary study, using a qualitative approach, and using news articles published in major newspapers in Brazil and Portugal as data sources. The data analysis is conducted by the dialectic hermeneutics with the help of Atlas.ti software. The results were grouped into three macro categories: errors that have serious consequences for patients; linking nursing errors with criminal offense; lack of relevant information about the nursing work process that may have contributed to the error. It concludes that the media portrays superficial or partial information, failing to provide information relevant to the understanding of the phenomenon portrayed in the newspapers; and that the theme of patient safety involves several health occupations and production mechanisms, demonstrating the complex nature of the phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]