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Effectiveness of Nursing Education to Prevent Inpatient Suicide.
- Source :
- Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing; Sep2017, Vol. 48 Issue 9, p413-419, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background: Inpatient suicide is recognized by The Joint Commission as a preventable sentinel event associated with inadequate patient and environmental assessments. Strategies are needed to meet this Joint Commission requirement. Method: Community hospital nurses were provided with classes to increase knowledge of inpatient suicide, patient assessments, and appropriate care. Independent pre- and postclass assessments were performed to measure nurses' confidence when talking to patients about suicidal thoughts and to assess nursing knowledge of actions to take when an at-risk patient is identified. Results: Education significantly increased nurses' confidence talking to patients about three of four confidence measures and increased their knowledge of actions to take when suicidal thoughts are identified. Confidence was lower in nurses with more experience; therefore, experience does not appear to increase confidence, and education is needed. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that a focused in-service education program can increase nurses' confidence to dialogue with patients about suicidal thoughts and nurses' knowledge of actions to prevent inpatient suicide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUICIDE prevention
SUICIDE risk factors
COMMUNICATION
CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENCE intervals
EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements
HOSPITAL patients
HOSPITALS
CASE studies
MEDICAL needs assessment
NURSE-patient relationships
NURSES
NURSING
CONTINUING education of nurses
QUESTIONNAIRES
RISK assessment
SUICIDE
T-test (Statistics)
OCCUPATIONAL roles
PRE-tests & post-tests
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220124
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124882704
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20170816-07