Table 5.

Frequencies for nurses’ self-report of making behavioral changes in working with at-risk patients because of the training based on posttraining and 6-month follow-up survey responses^a.

	Posttraining (n=14), n (%)	6-months follow-up (n=13), n (%)
Engage patients on my unit in suicide safety planning	1 (7)	3 (23)
Talk with patients on my unit about reducing access to lethal means (outside of doing a full safety plan)	2 (14)	4 (31)
Talk more with patients on my unit about suicidal thoughts than I previously have	6 (43)	7 (54)
Talk more with patients on my unit about their experience of past suicide attempts or suicidal behaviors than I previously have	5 (34)	5 (38)
Talk more with patients on my unit about resources for support or help with suicidal thoughts or urges than I previously have	3 (21)	7 (54)
Change the way I interact with suicidal patients in some other wayb	1 (7)	4 (31)
Do not know or skip	6 (43)	3 (23)

^aNurses indicated whether they had made each of the listed changes. Nurses could indicate that they either do not know if they made the change in their behavior with patients or could opt to skip the question.

^bTwo nurses specified on some other way: (1) Be less fearful to ask questions about past suicidal behavior, and (2) being less timid to talk with patients about suicide and how they are feeling.