SAN DIEGO: Emergency nurses are exposed to bereavement, patient suffering and death, making them highly susceptible to death anxiety.
New research suggests that employers must recognize this and put support in place to improve the health of their staff and patient care.
Researchers claim that the nature of their work and everyday exposure to death and other mortality cues put them at greater risk of developing this debilitating psychopathology.
Researchers said occupational risk-assessment tools for staff and nursing students could help combat death anxiety. They also think more research should be carried out to explore the incidence of death anxiety among emergency workers.