Adapting the zero suicide framework to the adult emergency department setting: Strategies for nurse leaders

2024  Journal Article

Adapting the zero suicide framework to the adult emergency department setting: Strategies for nurse leaders

Pub TLDR

This research paper discusses the implementation of the Zero Suicide framework in the adult emergency department setting. It highlights the importance of tailored strategies for nurse leaders in suicide prevention and provides recommendations for adapting each component of the framework in the emergency department.

 

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Highlights

  • Research highlights the importance of emergency department-based suicide prevention.
  • Zero Suicide is a framework for continuous quality improvement in suicide prevention.
  • Emergency department nursing staff can adapt evidence-based practices to support Zero Suicide efforts.

Abstract

The ED has been increasingly recognized as a key setting for suicide prevention. Zero Suicide (ZS) is an aspirational goal to eliminate suicide for all patients within a health care system through utilization of best practices. However, there has been limited exploration of ZS implementation within the ED. As ED nurses play an important role in suicide prevention through their close contact with patients at risk for suicide, ZS implementation would benefit from tailored strategies for ED nurse leadership. We describe the ZS framework and provides strategies for nurse leaders to adapt each ZS component in the adult ED.

Roth, B., Chen, J.I., Nagarkatti-Gude, D.R., Pfeiffer, P.N., Newgard, C.D., Hynes, D.M., Boudreaux, E.D.(2024)Adapting the zero suicide framework to the adult emergency department setting: Strategies for nurse leadersArchives of Psychiatric Nursing51