Provide Feedback |

Register

Commentary

The things we carry: the scope and impact of second victim syndrome.

August 2, 2023

Nosanov L, Elseth AJ, Maxwell J, et al. Am J Surg. 2023;226(5):726-728.

View more articles from the same authors.

The second victim concept encompasses an important concern for the impact of unsafe care on health care workers. This commentary discusses the topic and the need for system-level solutions to ensure surgical team members involved with patient harm due to errors can heal, and in doing so, provide safe care to their patients.

PubMed citation

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Changes in medical errors after implementation of a handoff program.

November 12, 2014

Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance.

April 24, 2018

Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting.

October 19, 2022

Association between surgical trainee daytime sleepiness and intraoperative technical skill when performing septoplasty.

April 7, 2019

Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: a multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study.

November 16, 2022

Physician and nurse well-being and preferred interventions to address burnout in hospital practice: factors associated with turnover, outcomes, and patient safety.

July 19, 2023

Design and implementation of an application and associated services to support interdisciplinary medication reconciliation efforts at an integrated healthcare delivery network.

June 13, 2011

Enabling a learning healthcare system with automated computer protocols that produce replicable and personalized clinician actions.

August 4, 2021

Opportunities for diagnostic improvement among pediatric hospital readmissions.

June 28, 2023

Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths in the United States.

February 13, 2019

View More

Related Resources

Early experience of peer advocate program: using quality improvement to optimize behavioral and communication disconnect in the operating room.

February 26, 2025

Longitudinal analysis of culture of patient safety survey results in surgical departments.

January 15, 2025

Workplace violence pervasiveness in the perioperative environment: a multiprofessional survey.

November 13, 2024

Creating a just culture in the perioperative setting.

March 13, 2024

Psychological safety and hierarchy in operating room debriefing: reflexive thematic analysis.

January 31, 2024

Perioperative team-based morbidity and mortality conferences: a systematic review of the literature.

October 11, 2023

Surgeons' leadership style and team behavior in the hybrid operating room: prospective cohort study.

October 4, 2023

How gender shapes interprofessional teamwork in the operating room: a qualitative secondary analysis.

January 26, 2022

Use of personal electronic devices by nurse anesthetists and the effects on patient safety.

October 6, 2016

The day Joy died.

December 22, 2010

View More

See More About The Topic

Medical/Surgical Nursing

Anesthesia Nursing

To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter your email address below.

5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 427-1364