Risk for suicide nursing diagnosis and its related risk factors, in psychiatric settings: A descriptive study

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.