title: Relationship of adverse events and support to RN burnout.
abstract: Registered nurse (RN) "second victims" are RNs who are harmed from their involvement in medical errors. This study used the conceptual model nurse experience of medical errors and found a relationship between RN involvement in preventable adverse events and 2 domains of burnout: emotional exhaustion (P = .009) and depersonalization (P = .030). Support to RNs involved in preventable adverse events was inversely related to RN emotional exhaustion (P < .001) and depersonalization (P = .003) and positively related to personal accomplishment (P = .002).
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Dr Lewis); School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (Dr Baernholdt); Department of Public Health Sciences (Dr Yan), and Center for Survey Research (Dr Guterbock), University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
authors.forename: Erica J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Marianne B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Baernholdt
authors.forename: Guofen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Guterbock
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D064406:Patient Harm / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires