Impact of the Second Victim Support Program to the Just Culture Perception among Nurses

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Abstract Aim Assess the impact of the second victim support program to the just culture perception of nurses. Method A descriptive, cross-sectional study using the validated Just Culture Assessment Tool (JCAT) conducted last November 2020 to December 2020 in a large referral hospital in the Middle East. The total response rate was 82%. The just culture perception of 212 staff nurses is presented through a dimension-level mean scores of each group based on the second-victim exposure (non-victims, second victims with support, and second victims without support). Results Results revealed that the second victim with the support group got the highest overall mean score (5.13 ± 0.13), while second victim with support and second-victim without support is (5.15 ± 0.10) and is (5.45 ± 0.11), respectively. ANOVA and Tukey HSD multiple comparisons test showed a significant difference in just culture mean scores between second victims with support and non-victims are significantly different at a 5% level of significance (p-value = 0.0386 < 0.005). Conclusion A better perceptual score of just culture was linked to perceived institutional support for second victims.