Adapting the Zero Suicide framework to the adult emergency department setting: Strategies for nurse leaders

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...

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Published in:Archives of psychiatric nursing 2024-08, Vol.51, p.76-81
Main Authors: Roth, Brandon, Chen, Jason I., Nagarkatti-Gude, David R., Pfeiffer, Paul N., Newgard, Craig D., Hynes, Denise M., Boudreaux, Edwin D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Emergency medicine
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Leadership
Mental health
Nurse Administrators - psychology
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Organizations
Psychiatric Nursing
Suicide
Suicide Prevention
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Summary: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. •Research highlights the importance of emergency department-based suicide prevention.•Zero Suicide is a framework for continuous quality improvement in suicide prevention.•ED nursing staff can adapt evidence-based practices to support Zero Suicide efforts.
ISSN:0883-9417
1532-8228
1532-8228
DOI:10.1016/j.apnu.2024.05.011