Abstract
Risk managers often meet with health care workers who are emotionally traumatized following adverse events. We surveyed members of the American Society for Health care Risk Management (ASHRM) about their training, experience, competence, and comfort with providing emotional support to health care workers. Although risk managers reported feeling comfortable and competent in providing support, nearly all respondents prefer to receive additional training. Risk managers who were comfortable listening to and supporting health care workers were more likely to report prior training. Health care organizations implementing second victim support programs should not rely solely on risk managers to provide support, rather engage and train interested risk managers and provide them with opportunities to practice.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 14-21 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine