Patient Safety Culture and the Second Victim Phenomenon: Connecting Culture to Staff Distress in Nurses
Patient Safety Culture and the Second Victim Phenomenon: Connecting Culture to Staff Distress in Nurses
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DOI:
10.1016/s1553-7250(16)42053-2
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发表时间:
2016-08-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Hoffman, James M.
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作者:
Quillivan, Rebecca R.;Burlison, Jonathan D.;Hoffman, James M.
Background: Second victim experiences can affect the well-being of health care providers and compromise patient safety. Many factors associated with improved coping after patient safety event involvement are also components of a strong patient safety culture, so that supportive patient - safety cultures may reduce second victim-related trauma. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted to assess the influence of patient safety culture on second victim-related distress.Methods: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture - (HSOPSC) and the Second Victim Experience and Support Tool (SVEST), which was developed to assess organizational support and personal and professional distress after involvement in a patient safety event, were administered to nurses involved in direct patient care.Results: Of 358 nurses at a specialized pediatric hospital, 169 (47.2%) completed both surveys. Hierarchical linear regression demonstrated that the patient safety culture survey dimension nonpunitive response to error was significantly associated with reductions in the second victim survey dimensions - psychological, physical, and professional distress (p < 0.001). As a mediator, organizational support fully explained the nonpunitive response to error-physical distress and nonpunitive response to error-professional distress relationships and partially explained the nonpunitive response to error-psychological distress relationship.Conclusions: The results suggest that punitive safety cultures may contribute to self-reported perceptions of second victim-related psychological, physical, and professional distress, which could reflect a lack of organizational support. Reducing punitive response to error and encouraging supportive coworker, - supervisor, and institutional interactions may be useful strategies to manage the severity of second victim experiences.