@article{ref1,
title="Suicide assessment by psychiatric nurses: a phenomenographic study",
journal="Issues in mental health nursing",
year="2010",
author="Aflague, John M. and Ferszt, Ginette G.",
volume="31",
number="4",
pages="248-256",
abstract="Although suicide assessment has been researched, nurses haven't been included in studies nor has this been explored from a phenomenographic perspective. Suicide assessment by nurses was investigated using a phenomenographic design. Data were collected through observations, vignettes, and interviews. Phenomenographic analysis discovered four qualitative differences in suicide assessment among nurse participants: reliance on (1) examples of other suicide cases, (2) intuition, (3) others' assessments, and (4) prior experience. The categories were classified into a three dimensional theoretical structure of suicide assessment: (a) Knowledge, (b) Method, and (c) Reference. Variability in participants' assessments established a structure of suicide assessment that furthers understanding of how nurses assess suicide and provides implications for practice.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0161-2840",
doi="10.3109/01612840903267612",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01612840903267612"
}