Nurses’ attitudes to supporting people who are suicidal in emergency departments
Yes === The aim of this study is to determine emergency nurses’ knowledge about, and perceived ability to support, people who are suicidal. A questionnaire consisting of 34 questions was sent out to 113 adult emergency nurses employed in two emergency departments. A total of 38 responded. Findings h...
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ndltd-BRADFORD-oai-bradscholars.brad.ac.uk-10454-162052019-08-31T03:04:52Z Nurses’ attitudes to supporting people who are suicidal in emergency departments Briggs, Amanda Emergency care Mental health Self-harm Suicide Yes The aim of this study is to determine emergency nurses’ knowledge about, and perceived ability to support, people who are suicidal. A questionnaire consisting of 34 questions was sent out to 113 adult emergency nurses employed in two emergency departments. A total of 38 responded. Findings highlight differences in attitudes and show a correlation between suicide prevention training and nurses’ perceived competence to triage people who are suicidal. The article makes recommendations for future research, as well as nurse education and training on suicide prevention, to improve attitudes and increase emergency nurses’ ability to respond effectively to people who are suicidal. 2018-06-18T16:24:25Z 2018-06-18T16:24:25Z 2018-05-10 2017-10-23 2018-05-04 Article Accepted Manuscript Briggs A (2018) Nurses’ attitudes to supporting people who are suicidal in emergency departments. Emergency Nurse. 26(1): 30-36. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/16205 en http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/en.2018.e1785 © 2018 RCN Publishing. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Nurse Researcher. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/en.2018.e1785 |
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Yes === The aim of this study is to determine emergency nurses’ knowledge about, and perceived ability to support, people who are suicidal. A questionnaire consisting of 34 questions was sent out to 113 adult emergency nurses employed in two emergency departments. A total of 38 responded. Findings highlight differences in attitudes and show a correlation between suicide prevention training and nurses’ perceived competence to triage people who are suicidal. The article makes recommendations for future research, as well as nurse education and training on suicide prevention, to improve attitudes and increase emergency nurses’ ability to respond effectively to people who are suicidal. |
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