Depression and Suicide Ideation in Nurses: A Gender Differences Study

Abstract Several issues have been identified that may distinguish nursing professionals from the general population or other healthcare professions. Nursing is a physically and psychologically demanding profession that involves long and irregular working hours, a heavy workload, low staffing levels, frequent emotional demands, and difficult working relationships. These challenges may contribute to the prevalence of psychiatric conditions and burnout among nurses. Suicide techniques may differ among nursing professionals and the general public.The purpose of study was depression and suicidal ideation among nurses. The difference between male and female nurses separately. In addition, explore the relationship between variables separately. For this purpose 120 nurses from different hospital of Bihar. Out of which 60 were be male and 60 were female nurses. They were administrated Beck depression inventory measuring depression of nurses, on the other hand Suicidal ideation scale for measuring suicidal ideation of nurses. t-test was used to find out the difference between male and female nurses on depression and suicidal ideation. The results as follows: The female nurses had significantly greater amount of depression than male nurses. Similarly, female nurses had significantly greater amount of suicidal ideation than male nurses. A summary of the main research findings, future directions, and implications for practice and policy are discussed in the review's conclusion.