The Effect of the Awareness Development Program on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses

The Effect of the Awareness Development Program on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses on the Levels of Suicide Knowledge, Stigma and Perception of Efficacy

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses on the levels of knowledge, stigma and perception of efficacy towards suicide in oncology nurses. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. At the end of the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses applied to nurses working in the field of oncology and at the end of the 3-month follow-up, is there a difference between the knowledge levels of nurses about suicide according to the pre-programme and control group?
2. At the end of the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses applied to nurses working in the field of oncology and at the end of the 3-month follow-up, is there a difference between the perception of efficacy levels of nurses regarding suicide according to the pre-programme and control group.
3. At the end of the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses applied to nurses working in the field of oncology and at the end of the 3-month follow-up, is there a difference between the stigma levels of nurses towards suicide according to the pre-programme and control group.
4. Is there a significant relationship between the levels of knowledge about suicide, perception of efficacy regarding suicide, and stigma towards suicide in the pre-test and post-test measurements of the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses applied to nurses working in the field of oncology.
5. Is there a significant relationship between the levels of knowledge about suicide, perception of efficacy regarding suicide, and stigma towards suicide in the pre-test-follow-up test measurements of the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses applied to nurses working in the field of oncology.

Participants will participate the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses. Oncology Nurses are expected to complete the pre-test, post-test and follow-up tests.

Researchers will compare control group to see if effect of "the Awareness Development Programme on Suicide Prevention"

This research is an intervention study with a pre-test, post-test, follow-up design and control group, which was conducted to examine the effect of the "Awareness Development Program on Suicide Prevention for Oncology Nurses" on oncology nurses' knowledge, stigma and effectiveness perception levels regarding managing suicide risk.

Inclusion Criteria:

• To be willing to participate in the study,
• Being a nurse working in oncology inpatient clinics (medical oncology, medical oncology, gastroenterology oncology, nephrology oncology, urooncology, gynaecological oncology, haematological oncology inpatient clinics), Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) unit, outpatient chemotherapy unit and oncology outpatient clinic,
• To know how to use a smart mobile phone or computer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• To have training other than undergraduate education for suicide prevention,
• To care for paediatric oncology patients,
• To have worked in a psychiatric clinic or to have postgraduate education in the field of psychiatric nursing.
• Failure to attend two out of three sessions during the training programme,
• Failure to demonstrate the motor skills to participate in online training