Kontakt 2012, 14(3):276-285 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2012.031
Estimates of the suicidal risk by nursesNursing
- 1 UN Ružinov, Lekárska fakulta SZU, Psychiatrická klinika, Bratislava, Slovensko
- 2 Stavebná fakulta STU, katedra matematiky a deskriptívnej geometrie, Bratislava, Slovensko
Based on an analysis of questionnaires, the authors evaluate opinions of nurses concerning prejudices associated with suicides and search for risk factors considered by nurses in the prediction of the suicidal risk and attitudes and provisions proposed by the nurses in these cases. The research group included 165 respondents. The results demonstrated that the respondents were not able to correctly identify myths associated with suicides and that nurses having still short practice less frequently agreed with the prejudices, the difference being not statistically significant. The opinions of nurses were not affected by the level of their education achieved. Suicidal behaviour in anamnesis and social risk factors, particularly the financial crisis, were considered by respondents as the most important risk predictors of the suicide preferentially to clinical risk factors. The measure of the suicide risk was determined by nurses independently of the length of their practice and level of their education achieved. Most respondents would provide the risk person with the transfer and psychiatric examination, but nearly half the total number of respondents would be rather impatient and not quite correct towards the patient. The responses indicated that the nurses tend to avoid more consequent interactions with risk persons. The change in suitable anti-suicidal provisions is affected neither by the length of the practice nor by the level of the education achieved by the nurses. Improvement of information of nurses in the field of the suicide prevention if conclusively recommended.
Keywords: suicidal risk; myths concerning suicides; risk estimate by nurses; provisions proposed by nurses
Received: March 2, 2012; Accepted: May 2, 2012; Published: September 27, 2012 Show citation
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