Healthcare Students and Medical Residents as Second Victims: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The term second victim (SV) describes healthcare professionals who remain traumatized after being involved in a patient safety incident (PSI). They can experience various emotional, psychological, and physical symptoms. The phenomenon is quite common; it has been estimated that half of hospital workers will be an SV at least once in their career. Because recent literature has reported high prevalence (>30%) among nursing students, we studied the phenomenon among the whole population of healthcare students.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study with an online questionnaire among nursing students, medical students, and resident physicians at the teaching hospital of the University of the Piemonte Orientale located in Novara, Italy. The study included 387 i

SUBMITTER: Rinaldi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9564455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature