Risk for Suicide Nursing Diagnosis and Its Related Risk Factors, in Psychiatric Settings: A Descriptive Study Publisher



Saatchi B¹ ; Taghavi Larijani T¹ Show Affiliations
Source: Nursing Open Published:2019

Abstract

Aim: To assess the frequency of risk for suicide nursing diagnosis and its related risk factors, in the nursing care provided in psychiatric settings. Design: This is a descriptive study. Methods: The samples were the documented nursing reports. These reports were evaluated and analysed in terms of using the NANDA-I risk for suicide nursing diagnosis and the risk factors related to this diagnosis. Results: From the 1,440 reports that were reviewed, 10 nursing diagnoses and 478 risk factors, were identified. Based on the results of this study, risk for suicide is used at a very low level in psychiatric settings, while, considerable number of suicide's risk factors are still existing in these settings. © 2019 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.