Open AccessOriginal Research: Suicide Among RNs: An Analysis of 2015 Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System
Author(s) -
Patricia A. Patrician,
Cora Peterson,
Teena M McGuinness
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the american journal of nursing/american journal of nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.23
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1538-7488
pISSN - 0002-936X
DOI - 10.1097/01.naj.0000718624.25806.3f
Subject(s) - coroner , medicine , occupational safety and health , population , suicide prevention , burnout , injury prevention , cause of death , poison control , psychiatry , demography , family medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , clinical psychology , disease , pathology , sociology
Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Suicide rates for health care providers are thought to be higher than for people in other occupations because of job strain and burnout. Despite the National Academy of Medicine's Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience, which focuses on reducing stress and preventing suicide, a shortage of data limits our understanding of nurse suicide. Neither employers nor professional nursing associations track suicide data.