An Interpretive Study of Nursing Students' Experiences of Caring for Suicidal Persons

Scheckel, Martha; Nelson, Kimberly

doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2014.03.003

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“…As future professional gate-keepers or clinicians who are likely to come into contact with at-risk people [10] it is critical that negative attitudes are challenged and addressed. Increasing confidence is especially important for student nurses as they often report feeling anxious talking with someone who is suicidal for fear that they may say the wrong thing and make matters worse [42]. This then impacts on student's confidence to communicate effectively, establish therapeutic relationships, and assess for suicidal risk [43].…”

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The Potential of Simulation to Enhance Nursing Students’ Preparation for Suicide Risk Assessment: A Review

Davison¹,

Mackay²,

McGivern³

2017

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Suicide risk assessment is a critical skill in preventing suicide. Yet most nurses do not feel confident in assessing suicide risk. Development of this potentially life-saving skill needs to begin at the undergraduate nursing level. As simulation is an effective pedagogical tool utilised within nursing education, the aim of this paper was to explore the potential of simulation in preparing student nurses' for suicide risk assessment. Literature was examined to identify what simulation modalities were employed within nursing education and the outcomes associated with these. The findings suggest that to varying degrees all simulation modalities have the potential to decrease student anxiety, and increase student confidence, knowledge and communication skills when working with people at risk of suicide. However the use of Standardised Patient (SP) simulation adds an authenticity to the experience and allows for the assessment of a wider range of human responses, including key nonverbal communication skills. The sense of realism provided by SP allows for more in-depth understanding into the person's experiences, which is critical in the assessment of a person's mental health needs and risk of suicide. The majority of simulations identified were located within a mental health setting. Given that student nurses may encounter a person who is suicidal in any clinical setting, further research is needed on simulation which integrates mental health assessments and suicide risk assessment into a variety of clinical areas.

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The Potential of Simulation to Enhance Nursing Students’ Preparation for Suicide Risk Assessment: A Review

Davison¹,

Mackay²,

McGivern³

2017

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“…In fact, it is hard for the family not to feel responsible for the death of their loved one (11,21) and the blame is experienced in an excruciating manner, for feeling that they should have done something to prevent the death but did not (21) . In this sense, the proper training should focus on abilities aimed at a comprehensive, safe and therapeutic approach, free from moral judgments (11,13,22) .…”

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“…Regardless of this panorama, studies that focus on professional training in relation to care of bereaved family after the suicide of a loved one were not found to date. Specifically in relation to the experiences of nursing academics, international studies identified difficulties inherent to the interaction with the suicidal patient, as fear and lack of ability to collect information on the suicidal behavior and develop the clinical reasoning aiming to provide therapeutic interventions (13) , and verified the positive influence of active teaching methods based on simulations in performance of the assessment of suicide risk (14)(15) .…”

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Care for families after suicide loss: nursing academic experience

Silva

Afonso

Santos³

et al. 2018

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

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Objective: To understand how the nursing academics experience the process of taking care of bereaved families after a suicide loss, to identify the meanings of the experience and to build a theoretical model. Method: Qualitative study that used symbolic interactionism and grounded theory. Open interviews were held with 16 nursing academics. Data were analyzed according to the constant comparative method. Results: The phenomenon seeking his/her own restoration to help the bereaved family to move on is represented by the theoretical model composed by the categories: facing the tragedy in the family, evaluating the caring scenario, mobilizing his/her internal resources, performing the care and reflecting on the repercussions of the experience. Final considerations: The process represents efforts undertaken by students in the pursuit of the family’s restoration to provide the best care toward them, through embracement, listening, sensitivity and flexibility, so it creates opportunities for the family to strengthen and plan their future.

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“…The opposite is found among nursing students who do not interact with suicidal patients on a regular basis. They have expressed lack of competence in caring for persons showing suicidal behaviour (Scheckel & Nelson, ). Experienced nurses develop skills and understanding of patient care over time through a sound educational base and expand their experience of interacting with patients (Benner, ).…”

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The borderline between life and death

Hultsjö

Wärdig

Rytterström

2019

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives To explore mental health professionals’ experiences in regard to circumstances that cause the patient to take their own life during ongoing care. Background Suicide is a worldwide health problem, and of those who take their own life, nearly 20% have had contact with a psychiatric unit. Mental health professionals may have extended intuitive knowledge that has not been made visible. Mental health professionals’ experiences can contribute knowledge that can complement suicide risk assessments and can be helpful in developing approaches and strategies where the hope is to identify and draw attention to people at risk of taking their own life. Design A reflective lifeworld research. Methods Twelve interviews with mental health professionals with experience of working in caring relationships with patients that had taken their life during the period of care. The study was performed in accordance with COREQ (see Supporting Information Data S1). Results Mental health professionals’ experiences regarding circumstances that cause the patient to take their own life are related to the patient’s life circumstances that led to a loss of dignity, and finally beyond retrieval. Mental health professionals share patients’ struggle to choose between life and death, the darkness of their life and their hopeless situation. This shared experience also makes the mental health professionals wish to relieve patient’s suffering but also gives them an understanding of why patients take their own life. Conclusions The mental health professionals experience how the patient loses the possibility of living a worthwhile life, recognise darkness within the patient and see how the patient’s life is fragile. Suicide described as logical and expected, based on their life and life circumstances, has not been found in previous research. Bearing this in mind, should psychiatric care focus on a proactive approach and act when these circumstances are identified? Relevance to clinical practice The Mental health professionals’ tacit knowledge may be used to strengthen uncertain suicide assessments.

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An Interpretive Study of Nursing Students' Experiences of Caring for Suicidal Persons

Cited by 13 publications

References 41 publications

The Potential of Simulation to Enhance Nursing Students’ Preparation for Suicide Risk Assessment: A Review

The Potential of Simulation to Enhance Nursing Students’ Preparation for Suicide Risk Assessment: A Review

Care for families after suicide loss: nursing academic experience

The borderline between life and death

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