title: Challenges in patient and family care following an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
abstract: According to the dictionary, challenge is a stimulating or interesting task or problem. But neuroscience nurses can offer a more comprehensive definition, especially in the context of caring for a patient and their family after an unsuccessful suicide attempt. This situation stimulates our thinking about why individuals try to take their lives, how suicide is attempted and what we, as nurses, can do to turn a hopeless situation into one of hope.
authors.affiliation: Medical Day Stay Unit, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sweeney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology