Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School
Nursing
Advisor
Donna W. Bailey
Abstract
Nurses involved with an unexpected adverse patient event can experience guilt, depression, stress, and anxiety and relive the incident, known as the second victim phenomenon. Nurses would benefit from education on the topic of the second victim. The project holds significance for nursing practice as implementing second-victim education increased knowledge and awareness while promoting a just culture that fosters a psychologically safe environment focused on process and system improvement. Use of the analysis design development implementation evaluation (ADDIE) model and the Walden Manual for Education guided the project planning and implementation. The sources of evidence were obtained through a combination of strategies that included face to- face interactions with a copy of an informational PowerPoint for standardization education content and questionnaires. The pre and post-training questionnaire facilitated the collection of quantitative and qualitative data. The findings supported that education of second victims increased the participant’s knowledge, assisted nurses with identifying themselves or someone else as a second victim, showed the benefits of incorporating the education into the orientation and existing education platforms, seeking assistance to cope with the event and restore their confidence and ability to return to the clinical settings. Positive social change is possible for the individual, their colleagues, the organization, and the community because the nurse can function more effectively and efficiently while providing patient care.
Recommended Citation
O'Donnell, Ofelia, "Second Victims in Nursing" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13661.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13661
