“… You are Not Particularly Helpful as a Helper When You are Helpless”

The Effectiveness of Suicide Prevention Education Programs for Nurses

“…In Chan and colleagues' (2008) focus groups, medical and surgical nurses reported greater perceived competence with aspects such as communication, assessment, and documentation. Similarly, Tallaksen and coworkers' (2013) focus groups of primary health nurses revealed greater perceived competence with certain aspects of their work since training, such as communication and their ability to engage in emotionally challenging dialogues, which they reported previously avoiding.…”

“…By contrast, the two qualitative studies scored highly, with key issues related to congruity between philosophical perspective and research methodology, and addressing the influence of the researcher on the research: Chan et al. (2008) = 8/10; Tallaksen, Bråten, and Tveiten (2013) = 9/10.…”

“…This brings into question the validity of results of other quasi-experimental studies included in the review. Similarly, while valuable insights have been gained from the two included qualitative studies (Chan et al., 2008; Tallaksen et al., 2013), there are a lack of studies of this nature and a resultant lack of in-depth understandings of how nurses experience training, and how it is deployed in practice.…”

Godt utført førstehjelp kan representere et vendepunkt for personer med selvmordstanker!

“…Forskning viser at det er sammenheng mellom opplaering og vilje til intervensjon i selvmordskriser (Cross et al, 2010) (King et al 2000). Tilførsel av kunnskap, ferdighetstrening og bevisstgjøring av egne holdninger, vil trolig kunne bidra til at selvmordsnaere medmennesker får rask og kompetent hjelp (Tallaksen et al, 2013).…”