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Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing

Volume 10, Issue 2, 2023
Mcmed International
Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0683 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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editorapjn@mcmed.us
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Abstract
Title
NURSES’ PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEM TO SUICIDE RISK MANAGEMENT IN CANCER PATIENTS
Author
Samuel K. Sarfo1*, A.Zechariah Jebakumar2, Hassan S. Nondo2
Email
zacbiostat@gmail.com
keyword
Suicide, euthanasia,
Abstract
Suicide relics a serious health care problem and a sentinel event tracked by The Joint Commission. Nurses are crucial in evaluating risk and preventing suicide. Analysis of nurses’ barriers to risk management may lead to interventions to improve management of suicidal patients. These data came out from a random survey of 462 nurses’ attitudes, knowledge of suicide, and justifications for euthanasia. Instruments included a vignette of a suicidal patient and a suicide attitude questionnaire. The survey results provided the following facts that psychological factors (emotions, unresolved grief, communication, and negative judgments about suicide) obscure the nurse’s judgment and management of suicidal patients. Some nurses (n = 167) indicated that euthanasia was by no means justified and 14 were uncertain of justifications and evaluated each case on its merits. Justifications for euthanasia included poor quality of life, poor symptom control, incurable illness or terminal illness, terminal illness with inadequate symptom control, permanent disability and or impending death, and clinical organ death. The nurses indicated some confusion and misunderstandings about definitions and examples of euthanasia, assisted suicide, and double effect. Strategies for interdisciplinary clinical intervention are recommended to identify and resolve these psychosocial barriers.
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