Reducing the risk of suicide among healthcare staff

This article explores the contributory factors involved in suicide among healthcare professionals and outlines some of the methods that nurses can use to enquire about suicide risk with their colleagues. It also details appropriate interventions that nurses can use to reduce the risk of suicide among their colleagues. The authors aim to increase nurses' understanding of their role in suicide prevention in the healthcare workforce.PMID:37779322 | DOI:10.7748/ns.2023.e12178
Source: Nursing Standard - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research