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Death Anxiety: Emergency Nurses May Be More Prone To This Health Issue
Kathleen Lees
First Posted: Jul 14, 2015 10:40 PM EDT
New findings published in the journal Emergency Nurse reveal that emergency nurses may be more susceptible to death anxiety.
"While many emergency nurses and paramedics may be unaware of death anxiety, they are exposed to it in their everyday practice," said Mike Brady, clinical supervisor paramedic at Swansea University Open University South West Ambulance Service.
Researchers noted how occupation risk-assessment tools for staff and nursing students may help combat death anxiety, which should also be carried out to help expose the incidence of death anxiety among emergency workers, in a news release.
Furthermore, death education programs could even help to reduce anxiety levels by preparing nursing students help confront certain beliefs about death, along with rotating emergency health care worker schedules so that they are not over-exposed to certain mortality cues.
"Healthcare providers, university staff and employers must understand and try to prevent the development of this potentially debilitating pyschopathology to improve the health of their staff and the care of patients."
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First Posted: Jul 14, 2015 10:40 PM EDT
New findings published in the journal Emergency Nurse reveal that emergency nurses may be more susceptible to death anxiety.
"While many emergency nurses and paramedics may be unaware of death anxiety, they are exposed to it in their everyday practice," said Mike Brady, clinical supervisor paramedic at Swansea University Open University South West Ambulance Service.
Researchers noted how occupation risk-assessment tools for staff and nursing students may help combat death anxiety, which should also be carried out to help expose the incidence of death anxiety among emergency workers, in a news release.
Furthermore, death education programs could even help to reduce anxiety levels by preparing nursing students help confront certain beliefs about death, along with rotating emergency health care worker schedules so that they are not over-exposed to certain mortality cues.
"Healthcare providers, university staff and employers must understand and try to prevent the development of this potentially debilitating pyschopathology to improve the health of their staff and the care of patients."
Related Articles
Gender Inequality: Pay Gap Still Present Among Male, Female Nurses
For more great science stories and general news, please visit our sister site, Headlines and Global News (HNGN).
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone