CRITICAL CARE NURSES DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE COMPARED TO MEDICAL TELEMETRY.

CRITICAL CARE NURSES DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE COMPARED TO MEDICAL TELEMETRY.

Introduction

Nurses are subjected to high levels of depression in their career. Their heavy workload leaves them stressed and overworked. This nature of work exposes them to a greater risk of developing a mental illness such as depression, stress, and anxiety. This has made most nurses resolve to commit suicide. The most affected groups include the intensive unit, telemetry unit, and medical, surgical unit.

Objective

The purpose of this presentation is to compare depression levels in the three groups of nurses.

Methods

The study will include 100 randomly selected nurses from major hospitals.

A cross-section study would be used to analyze data collected, and the meta-analysis method would be suitable to calculate data collected from the parameters.

Measuring tools such as ANOVA will be used for qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Results

ICU nurses lead in depression cases, followed by telemetry and medical, surgical unit.

Conclusion

The study helps to manage depression that may lead to suicidal thoughts among nurses. The work environment of nurses will be developed and improved to create effective medical care. This also led to improved patient care and reduced suicidal cases.

References

American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Cummins, N, Scherer, S, Krajewski, J, Schnieder, S, Epps, J, & Quatieri, T, F (2015). A review of depression and suicide risk assessment using speech analysis. Speech communication, 71, 10-49.