Placement of a nasogastric enteral access device (NG-EAD), often referred to as a
nasogastric tube, is common practice and largely in the domain of nursing care. Most often …

Introduction The term 'second victim'refers to the healthcare professional who experiences
emotional distress following an adverse event. This distress has been shown to be similar to …

The disclosure of adverse events to patients, including those caused by medical errors, is a
critical part of patient-centered healthcare and a fundamental component of patient safety …

We carried out a cross-sectional online survey of fellows and members of the Royal College
of Physicians to establish physicians' experiences of adverse patient safety events and near …

Background Medical science is perceived as a stressful educational career, and medical
students experience monstrous stress during their undergraduate studies, internship, and …

Objective: To identify the psychological repercussions of an error on professionals in
intensive care and to understand their evolution. To identify the psychological defense …

Medical error is a distressing event to the patient and the health care providers. The impact
of such events has been well studied on patients but poorly on health professionals. These …

Purpose: Incident learning systems are important tools to improve patient safety in radiation
oncology, but physician participation in these systems is poor. To understand reporting …

Background Doctors, especially doctors-in-training such as residents, make errors. They
have to face the consequences even though today's approach to errors emphasizes …

Second victims are practitioners involved in an incident that (potentially) harms or kills
somebody else, and for which they feel personally responsible. Professional culture and the …