Feelings of being a second victim among Spanish midwives and obstetricians

Santana-Domínguez, Irene; Torre, Héctor González de la; Soriano, José Verdú; Berenguer‐Pérez, Miriam; Suárez‐Sánchez, Juan José; Martín‐Martinez, Alicia

doi:10.1002/nop2.1249

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“…They indicated that they feel like they have let the patient down, impacting how they view themselves as health professionals. They doubt their skills and knowledge, negatively affecting their mental well-being (45). A study conducted by Kinman et al (53) concurred with the ndings of the previous author and added that poor mental health of staff has a detrimental effect on the quality of care.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Lack of support of midwives after an adverse event by managers has a negative psychological impact on the midwives, contributing to the lack of desire to return to work (44). The above ndings were supported by Christoffersen et al (45), who found that midwives experience a lack of support from their supervisors during adverse events, in uencing the desire to leave employment without the nurse manager's awareness.…”

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confidence: 88%

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Midwives’ perceptions regarding clinical support by nursing managers in a Tshwane hospital

Jantjies,

Zenani,

Serapelwane

2024

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Background Despite the benefits of support on the quality of maternal care, there is a general lack of support, which proved to have a less desired effect on the level of quality care within maternal units. To ensure the midwives operate to a high standard to ensure quality and patient safety in maternal care, support from the nursing managers creates a positive psychological environment to cope and manage themselves in the complex nature of the maternity unit. The study aimed to explore and describe midwives' perceptions regarding clinical support by nursing managers in a Tshwane hospital. The study described recommendations regarding the kind of clinical support required by midwives from the nursing managers in rendering maternal care. Methods The study used Qualitative, explorative, descriptive, and contextual research design to achieve the aim and objectives. The study used purposive sampling to select participants with insight and experience on the phenomenon. Before conducting the research, the researcher sought ethical permission from the NuMIQ research focus area and the North-West University Health Research Ethics Committee. Unstructured, in-depth individual interviews were conducted to collect data. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. Results Four themes emerged from the findings of this study, namely challenges related to lack of resources, emotional distress, lack of support, and recommended measures for support. Conclusion Quality and patient safety in maternity care is dependent on comprehensive clinical support for the midwives. Therefore, clinical support from the nursing managers enables the midwives to mitigate the challenges experienced in maternity units. Moreover, clinical support from nursing managers limits emotional distress and physical burnout that contributes to poor mental health and lack of job satisfaction in midwives. Those factors predispose the attrition rate of midwives and lead to the occurrence of adverse events in maternal care, which affects the well-being of patients in the maternity units. Therefore, there is a need for midwives to receive clinical support from nursing managers.

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Section: Sub-theme 41: Effective Communication and Collaborative Mana...mentioning

confidence: 79%

Section: Sub-theme 31: Visibility and Support During Patient Safety I...mentioning

confidence: 88%

Midwives’ perceptions regarding clinical support by nursing managers in a Tshwane hospital

Jantjies,

Zenani,

Serapelwane

2024

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“…This quantitative research found that the psychological, physical and practice distress of nurses as second victims after patient safety events was higher than in a previous survey of psychiatric nurses in China, 20 and the psychological distress was higher than that of Singaporean nurses 8 and Spanish midwives and obstetricians. 21 Yan et al found that nurses had higher levels of second-victim experience and support than other health professionals did. 22 This finding proves that the psychological, physical and practice distress of nurses in China are higher than those of other health care providers, which is consistent with the results of foreign studies.…”

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Exploring the Experiences and Support of Nurses as Second Victims After Patient Safety Events in China: A Mixed-Method Approach

Tang,

Xie,

Yan

et al. 2024

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Aim To investigate the current status of experience and support of nurses as second victims and explore its related factors in nurses. Design A sequential, explanatory, mixed-method study was applied. Methods A total of 406 nurses from seven tertiary hospitals in China were chosen as participants between September to October 2023. The Chinese version of the Second Victim Experience and Support Questionnaire (SVEST), Somatic Complaints of Sub-health Status Questionnaire (SCSSQ) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) were applied to collect quantitative data. Eight nurses were selected for a qualitative study through in-depth interviews. Through interpretive phenomenological analysis, the interview data were analysed to explore the experience and support of nurses as second victims. Results Practice distress (15.74 ± 4.97) and psychological distress (15.48 ± 3.74) were the highest dimensions, indicating Chinese nurses experienced second victim-related practice and psychological distress. Nurses with different gender, age, education, marital status, income, working hours, professional titles, and unit types have different levels of second victim-related experience and support ( p < 0.05). In addition, the score of SVEST was positively associated with SCSSQ ( r = 0.444) and GAD-7 ( r = 0.490) ( p < 0.05). This qualitative study found that the experience and support of nurses as second victims included nurses’ perceptions and needs for patient safety events; psychological, physical and practice distress of nurses; and nurses and hospitals coping style after patient safety events. Discussion Our findings suggest that nurses who are second victims of patient safety events experience severe practice and psychological distress, indicating that nursing managers should pay attention to psychological and practice distress of nurses after patient safety events and provide effective preventive measures.

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Feelings of being a second victim among Spanish midwives and obstetricians

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Aim The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of feelings of being a second victim among midwives and obstetricians in Spain and to explore possible differences between the two professions. Design Cross‐sectional descriptive‐analytical observational study. Methods An online survey collecting several variables was administered throughout the Spanish territory. Spanish version of the Second Victim Experience and Support Tool (SVEST) was used. The data collection period was from May to December 2020. Results A total sample of 719 obstetricians and midwives were studied. There were significant differences between the two groups with respect to seven dimensions of SVEST: greater feelings of being a second victim among obstetricians in the dimensions physical distress/ p ≤ .001, non‐work‐related support/ p ≤ .001 and absenteeism/ p ≤ .001 and greater feelings of being a second victim among midwives in the dimensions psychological distress/ p ≤ .001, supervisor support/ p = .011, professional self‐efficacy/ p ≤ .001 and intention to change jobs/ p ≤ .001.

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Feelings of being a second victim among Spanish midwives and obstetricians

Cited by 5 publications

References 61 publications

Midwives’ perceptions regarding clinical support by nursing managers in a Tshwane hospital

Midwives’ perceptions regarding clinical support by nursing managers in a Tshwane hospital

Exploring the Experiences and Support of Nurses as Second Victims After Patient Safety Events in China: A Mixed-Method Approach

Feelings of being a second victim among Spanish midwives and obstetricians

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