Feelings, thoughts and experiences of nurses working in a mental health clinic about individuals with suicidal behaviors and suicide attempts

Türkleş, Serpil; Yılmaz, Mualla; Soylu, Pınar

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2017.11.002

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“…Main results Türkleş et al (2018), Turkey Know the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of mental health clinic nurses with people with suicidal behaviour and suicide attempts.…”

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Suicide care from the nursing perspective: A meta‐synthesis of qualitative studies

García

Casanova‐Garrigós

Poyato

2021

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims: To explore nurses' experiences of suicide care and to identify and synthesize the most suitable interventions for the care of people with suicidal behaviour from a nursing perspective.Design: Qualitative meta-synthesis. Data sources:Comprehensive search of five electronic databases for qualitative studies published between January 2015 and June 2019. Review methods:The PRISMA statement was used for reporting the different phases of the literature search and the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) qualitative research checklist was used as an appraisal framework. Data synthesis was conducted using Sandelowski and Barroso's method.Results: Seventeen articles met the inclusion criteria. The data analysis revealed 13 subcategories from which four main categories emerged: 'Understanding suicidal behaviour as a consequence of suffering', 'Nurses' personal distress in suicide care', 'The presence of the nurse as the axis of suicide care' and, 'Improving nurses' relational competences for a better therapeutic environment'. Conclusion:Further training of nurses on the therapeutic relationship, particularly in non-mental health care work settings, and monitoring of the emotional impact on nurses in relation to suicide is required to promote more effective prevention and care. Impact:This review provides new insights on how suicide is interpreted, the associated emotions, the way suicide is approached and proposals for improving clinical practice from the point of view of nurses. The results demonstrate that the nurse-patient relationship, ongoing assessment, and the promotion of a sense of security and hope are critical in nursing care for patients who exhibit suicidal behaviour. Consequently, to promote an effective nursing care of suicide, nurses should be provided with further training on the therapeutic relationship. Thus, health institutions do not only provide the time and space to conduct an adequate therapeutic relationship, but also, through their managers, they should supervise and address the emotional impact that is generated in nurses caring for patients who exhibit suicidal behaviour.

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“…Main results Türkleş et al (2018), Turkey Know the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of mental health clinic nurses with people with suicidal behaviour and suicide attempts.…”

Section: Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In most studies, the nurses understood suicide as a relief of physical, psychological and social suffering that was difficult to overcome (Hu et al, 2015;Hultsjö et al, 2019;Jansson & Graneheim, 2018;Jones et al, 2015;Rytterström et al, 2019;Türkleş et al, 2018).…”

Section: Exploratory Qualitativementioning

confidence: 99%

Suicide care from the nursing perspective: A meta‐synthesis of qualitative studies

García

Casanova‐Garrigós

Poyato

2021

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Seven papers assessed suicide impacts among all mental health professionals (MHPs) [21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. A total of 11 papers assessed suicide impacts among psychiatrists and psychologists only [4,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37], one assessed the suicide impact on nurses [38] and one assessed exposure to suicide reactions among counselors and social workers [39]. Only five papers addressed exposure to suicide among first responders (firefighters and police) [3,[40][41][42][43].…”

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Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders

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Exposure to suicide is a major factor for suicidality. Mental health professionals and first responders are often exposed to suicide while on-duty. The objective of this scoping review is to describe the state of current research on exposure to suicide among mental health professionals and first responders, focusing on the prevalence and impact of exposure to suicide, and to identify current gaps in the literature. We searched MEDLINE, Scopus, PsychNET, and Web of Science and identified 25 eligible papers. Between 31.5–95.0% of professionals had been exposed to suicide. Exposure to suicide had impacts on personal life, professional life, and mental health; and caused emotional distress. There was little research investigating exposure to suicide among police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. More research existed on mental health professionals, but none assessed exposure to suicide as a risk for suicide amongst this group. The review concludes that exposure to suicide is distressing for mental health professionals, and likely to be for first responder however, more research on these groups, especially paramedics, is required.

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“…Only one study was addressed to mental health nurses [38]. Nurses reported experiencing deep sorrow, anger, frustration, and feeling blamed by other staff following a patient's suicide.…”

Section: Nursesmentioning

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“…Nurses reported experiencing deep sorrow, anger, frustration, and feeling blamed by other staff following a patient's suicide. Some nurses also described feeling angry and resentful if they perceived the suicide attempt as attention-seeking [38]. Many nurses felt anxiety, stress, unrest, and fear as a result of feeling responsible for failing to prevent the suicide.…”

Section: Nursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Feelings, thoughts and experiences of nurses working in a mental health clinic about individuals with suicidal behaviors and suicide attempts

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Suicide care from the nursing perspective: A meta‐synthesis of qualitative studies

Suicide care from the nursing perspective: A meta‐synthesis of qualitative studies

Occupational exposure to suicide: A review of research on the experiences of mental health professionals and first responders

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