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När patienten inte vill leva: Sjuksköterskans upplevelse av att vårda patienter som uttryckt ohälsa i form av suicidalitet
University of Borås, Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare.
University of Borås, Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
When the patient does not want to live : The nurse's experience of caring for patient who expressed ill health in the form of suicidality (English)
Abstract [sv]

Nästan 1300 personer tog 2018 sitt liv i Sverige, av de hade ca en tredjedel en aktiv vårdkontakt. Suicidnära patienter förekommer i alla vårdkontexter, sjuksköterskan ansvarar för att planera och organisera vården för dessa patienter. Suicidtankar utgör ett lidande för patienten vilket är viktigt att det synliggörs vid en suicidriskbedömning. Problemet blir när sjukvården brister i sitt omhändertagande av patienten. Vi har därför valt att beskriva sjuksköterskors upplevelse av att vårda patienter som uttryckt ohälsa i form av suicidalitet. Metoden som användes var en litteraturöversikt och 12 vetenskapliga artiklar analyserades.

Resultatet strukturerades upp i tre huvudteman och visade att många sjuksköterskor upplevde sig ha en sämre attityd mot patienten på grund av brist på erfarenhet och kunskap. Det visade också på att sjuksköterskorna upplevde reflektion i arbetet positivt men att många också påverkades negativt av samhällets syn på suicid. Vår diskussion berör våra erfarenheter av reflektionens positiva betydelse i det kliniska arbetet och dess funktioner för att bättre kunna hantera patienter som uttryckt ohälsa i form av suicidtankar. Det behövs kunskap och ett öppnare samhällsklimat där det finns utrymme att tala om psykisk ohälsa för att vi på en bredare front ska kunna arbeta suicidpreventivt. Det behövs också mer forskning på sambandet mellan sjuksköterskans attityd mot patienten samt upplevelsen av vårdandet och vilken kunskap eller erfarenhet sjuksköterskan har av att vårda patienter med suicidtankar.

Abstract [en]

In 2018 almost 1300 people committed suicide in Sweden, about a third of them had an active care contact. Suicidal patients are present in all kind of care, the nurse is responsible for planning and organizing the care for these patients. Suicidal thoughts constitutes a suffering for the patient which is important to make visible in a suicide risk assessment. The problem appears when the healthcare system fails in its care for the patient. We have therefore chosen to describe the nurses experience of caring for patients who have expresses ill health in the form of suicidality. The method used was a literature review and twelve scientific articles were analyzed.

The result was structured into three main themes and showed that many nurses experienced a poorer attitude towards the patient due to lack of experience and knowledge. It also showed that the nurses experienced reflection in the work positively but that many were also negatively affected by society's view of suicide. Our discussion relates to our experiences of the positive effect of reflection in clinical work and its functions to better care for patients who have expressed ill health in the form of suicidal thoughts. There is a need for knowledge and a more open societal climate where there is room to talk about mental illness in order for us to work with suicide prevention on a wider front. There is also a need for more research on the relationship between the nurse’s attitude towards the patient together with the experience of the caring and the knowledge or experience the nurse has to care for patients with suicidal thoughts.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020.
Keywords [en]
suicide, suicide prevention, suicide, mental illness, the nurse's experience, literature review
Keywords [sv]
suicid, suicidprevention, självmord, psykisk ohälsa, sjuksköterskans upplevelser, litteraturöversikt
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-23578OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-23578DiVA, id: diva2:1453180
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Vårdvetenskap med inriktning mot omvårdnad - Sjuksköterskeprogrammet
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Available from: 2020-07-09 Created: 2020-07-09 Last updated: 2025-09-24Bibliographically approved

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