Health Care Workers As Second Victims Of Medical Errors

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21532531/

Objectives: The aim of the study was to emphasize the importance of support structures for second victims in the handling of patient adverse events and in building a culture of safety within hospitals. Methods: A survey was administered to health care workers who …

Second Victims: Support for Clinicians Involved in Errors …

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/second-victims-support-clinicians-involved-errors-and-adverse-events

The Second Victim Phenomenon: A Harsh Reality of …

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/second-victim-phenomenon-harsh-reality-health-care-professions

Publications describing these experiences initially appeared in the literature as personal anecdotes describing powerful feelings of guilt, incompetence, or inadequacy …

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-workers-second-victims-medical-errors

Medical errors can have a devastating impact on patients but also place providers—called the second victims—at risk for emotional distress, decreased job …

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors

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CONCLUSIONS: When there is a serious patient adverse event, there are always second victims who are health care workers. The Johns Hopkins Hospital has established a …

Second Victim Syndrome - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

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As a consequence, health care workers often suffer life-altering burdens of anxiety, depression, and shame after an adverse patient outcome. Dr. Albert Wu named this burden “second victim syndrome” in …

Medical error, incident investigation and the second …

https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/21/4/267

Healthcare workers are often impacted by medical errors as ‘second victims’, and experience many of the same emotions and/or feelings that the ‘first victims’—the patient and family members. 13 Signs and …

Health Care Workers as Second Victims of Medical …

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"Second victims" are health care providers who are involved with patient adverse events and who subsequently have difficulty coping with their emotions. Growing attention is being paid to...

Health care workers as second victims of medical …

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IntroductIon“Second victims” are health care providers who are involved with patient adverse events and who subsequently have difficulty coping with their emotions. Growing …

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Health-care-workers-as-second-victims-of-medical-Edrees-Paine/e8e22db3d72507b7249debc8a33f867576844dac

Second victims experience significant negative outcomes in the aftermath of a PSI, as well as the relationship of involvement and degree of harm with problematic …