Factors influencing negative outcomes for nurses who experience patient safety incidents: An integrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To synthesize evidence on factors influencing negative outcomes following patient safety incidents.

Background

Patient safety incidents affect not only patients and families but also healthcare workers (second victims) and institutions (third victims). Nurses are at risk due to stressful environments and direct patient care, leading to defensive practices, job turnover, and errors. Identifying these factors and developing support strategies are crucial.

Methods

This integrative review followed Whittemore and Knafl's method, guided by the middle-range theory of nurses' psychological trauma. Seven databases (PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, KISS, KMbase, and RISS) were searched for English and Korean articles from 2014 to 2023. Study quality was evaluated

SUBMITTER: Lee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883856 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature