title: The second victim of adverse health care events.
abstract: Nurses and other professionals drawn to health care by their desire to help others may be traumatized because they are involved in situations that bring harm rather than healing to patients. Health systems should develop early warning systems to alert unit or team leaders when health workers are at risk of harm from adverse events. This article focuses on health professionals who become second victims of adverse events that occur to patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, University of Missouri Health Care, Room MA202, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. halllw@health.missouri.edu
authors.forename: Leslie W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D003419:Crisis Intervention; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D012308:Risk Management; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States