Emotional Guilt In Nursing

Feeling guilt after a completed suicide by a patient on a psychiatric ward a nurse works in does not mean that the nurse is the one to blame. The nurse just feels that she did not do enough to prevent the suicide. As a result, the feeling of guilt has adverse effects on the nurse if not addressed. A nurse who approaches another for the feeling of guilt should thus be helped by a professional. The nurse feeling guilt needs to be taken through the various feelings of guilt, shame, stigma, and anger among others that a nurse feels after a successful suicide by a patient. This way, as noted by Schwartz, Cherry, Cabaniss and Douglas (2013), the nurse would understand what triggers the guiltiness and how to handle it. It is also advisable to effect