en Nursing Original Article <div> <div> <div id="_com_1" uage="JavaScript"> <div> <div> <div id="_com_1" uage="JavaScript"> <div> <div> <p style="text-align: justify;" uage="JavaScript"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b>Background:</b> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="line-height:150%">The second victim phenomenon affects the physical and mental health of staff. Patient safety culture and the level of organizational support also affect the second victim experience and its consequences on the staff. <span style="background:white">This study was conducted to determine the relationship between patient safety culture and second victim experience in critical care unit and emergency department nurses.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" uage="JavaScript"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b>Methods:</b> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="line-height:150%">A cross-sectional study was performed on 307 nurses working in the intensive care unit and emergency departments of hospitals affiliated with Zanjan University of Medical Sciences (Zanjan, Iran) in 2019. Data were collected using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC), the Second Victim Experience and Support Tool (SVEST), and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Pearson correlation coefficient. All analyses were carried out at a significance level of 0.05.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" uage="JavaScript"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b>Results:</b> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="line-height:150%">There was a significant positive relationship between the patient safety culture and the second victim&#39;s supportive sources (P=0.001). However, the patient safety culture had no significant relationship with the second victim&#39;s distress rate (P=0.663) and its outcomes (P=0.164).</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;" uage="JavaScript"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b>Conclusion</b>: <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="line-height:150%">The results of this study show that improvement of patient safety culture is associated with an increased feeling of support among the nurses, which could ultimately reduce the rate of turnover and absenteeism.</span><span style="line-height:150%"> Therefore, nursing managers should provide more support to nurses, particularly after the occurrence of patient safety events, for reducing distress and preventing further errors.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="line-height:150%"></span></span></span></span></p> <div id="_com_1" uage="JavaScript"></div></div> <div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Patient Safety, Medical Errors, Culture, Nurses 10 13 http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1139-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Akbar Eslami eslamiakbar1395@gmail.com 100319475328460010368 100319475328460010368 No Department of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences Iran Nasrin Hanifi nasrinhanifi@gmail.com 100319475328460010369 100319475328460010369 Yes Department of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences Iran Masomhe Namadian m.namadian@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460010370 100319475328460010370 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences Iran