Left with a Sisyphean task - the experiences of nurse practitioners with treating non-suicidal self-injury in the emergency department: a descriptive qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a prevalent phenomenon in somatic emergency departments, where nurses are the most consistent group of healthcare professionals who treat people with NSSI, which means they may affect the NSSI trajectory and help-seeking in the future. The objective of this study was to describe the experiences of nurse practitioners with treatment of people presenting with NSSI in the emergency department.

Methods

Individual, semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with seventeen purposefully recruited nurse practitioners from three emergency departments in the Capital Region of Denmark. Interview transcripts were analysed using inductive content analysis, as described by Graneheim and Lundman.

Results

The analysis resulted in

SUBMITTER: Roed K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10557284 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature