Abstract: Objective: To analyze the correlation between the new nurses' second victim experience and support and self-compassion after patient safety incidents. Methods: Totally 510 new nurses from four tertiary grade A hospitals were included from September 2019 to December 2019, and the Chinese version of Second Victim Experience and Support Tool (CSVEST) and Chinese Self-Compassion Scale-Short Form (SCS-SF) were used to collect data. Results: The score of SVEST was 99.68±16.15, the score of SCS-SF was 24.00±6.71, The effects of organizational support, self-compassion and second victim-related distress on turnover intention were 0.482, -0.337 and 0.182, respectively, and on absenteeism were -0.421, -0.261 and 0.678, respectively. Organizational support was positively correlated with second victim-related distress and negatively correlated with self-compassion. Self-compassion was negatively correlated with second victim-related distress. Conclusion: It's necessary to pay more attention to new nurses as second victims, and establish support programs to recover them from the negative impact of patient safety incidents, and finally to ensure medical safety.

Key words: new nurses; second victim; self-compassion; patient safety incidents