Female nurses are roughly twice as likely to commit suicide as the general female population and 70% more likely than female physicians, according to a new study.
“It’s much higher than I expected,” says lead author Matthew Davis, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. “The takeaway for me is we’ve focused so much on physician welfare that, historically, we haven’t paid enough attention to this huge workforce that, based on our data, is at much higher risk.”
There are roughly 3 million nurses working in the United States, making it the country’s largest health care workforce 85% of whom are women.
Study: Female nurses twice as likely to die by suicide compared to other women
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Researchers say that nurses specifically female nurses are at greater risk for death by suicide, a situation possibly made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
Researchers say that nurses especially female nurses are at greater risk for death by suicide, a situation possibly made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Researchers say that nurses specifically female nurses are at greater risk for death by suicide, a situation possibly made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
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People with ovarian cancer frequently receive aggressive end-of-life care despite industry guidelines that emphasize quality of life for those with advanced disease, according to a recent study.
In fact, by 2016, ICU stays and emergency department visits in the last month of life had become more common for people with ovarian cancer than they were in 2007, the earliest year from which researchers analyzed data.
The proportion of non-Hispanic Black people who turned to the emergency department for care was even higherâdouble that of non-Hispanic whites. Black people were also nearly twice as likely to undergo intensive treatment, including life-extending measures such as resuscitation or the insertion of a feeding tube.
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People with ovarian cancer frequently receive aggressive end-of-life care despite industry guidelines that emphasize quality of life for those with advanced disease, according to a recent study.
In fact, by 2016, ICU stays and emergency department visits in the last month of life had become more common for people with ovarian cancer than they were in 2007, the earliest year from which researchers analyzed data.
The proportion of non-Hispanic Black people who turned to the emergency department for care was even higher double that of non-Hispanic whites. Black people were also nearly twice as likely to undergo intensive treatment, including life-extending measures such as resuscitation or the insertion of a feeding tube.
Despite guidelines, end-of-life care remains aggressive for ovarian cancer patients
People with ovarian cancer frequently receive aggressive end-of-life care despite industry guidelines that emphasize quality of life for those with advanced disease, according to a recent study.
In fact, by 2016, ICU stays and emergency department visits in the last month of life had become more common for people with ovarian cancer than they were in 2007, the earliest year from which researchers analyzed data.
The proportion of non-Hispanic Black people who turned to the emergency department for care was even higher double that of non-Hispanic whites. Black people were also nearly twice as likely to undergo intensive treatment, including life-extending measures such as resuscitation or the insertion of a feeding tube.