Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ Blog - HNHN's Strength Through Resiliency Committee
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HNHN's Strength through Resiliency Committee, via the behest of the American Nurses Association's 2019 Membership Assembly, examined, developed, and collected mental health resources for nurses, including those for suicide prevention.
The Strength through Resiliency Committee is comprised of a Work Group and Review Committee, co-chaired by Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN and Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FNAP, FAAN. The Committee was convened in late 2019 and began meeting in January, 2020. It is composed of mental health subject matter experts, invested nurses, and ANA support staff. See below for the rosters and please take time to view the Nurse Suicide Prevention/Resilience webpages the Committee developed.
Work Group
Review Committee
Reviewed and updated 12/7/22
The Strength through Resiliency Committee is comprised of a Work Group and Review Committee, co-chaired by Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN and Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FNAP, FAAN. The Committee was convened in late 2019 and began meeting in January, 2020. It is composed of mental health subject matter experts, invested nurses, and ANA support staff. See below for the rosters and please take time to view the Nurse Suicide Prevention/Resilience webpages the Committee developed.
Work Group
Organization | Name |
Acute Care RN and Artist | Laurel Prince, RN, BSN, CCRN |
American Academy of Nursing | Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FNAP, FAAN |
American Association of Colleges of Nursing | Janie Heath, PhD, APRN-BC, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP |
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses | Cynthia Blank-Reid, MSN, RN, TCRN, CEN |
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists | Julie Rice, BA |
American Holistic Nurses Association | Jalma Mesnick Marcus, MS, BS, RN, HNB-BC, CLSE, CBP, AT |
American Nurses Credentialing Center | Christine Pabico, PhD, MSN, RN, NE-BC |
American Organization for Nursing Leadership | Heather Rizzo, DNP, MSN, NPD-BC, CENP |
American Psychiatric Nurses Association | Tari Dilks, RN, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAANP |
American Nurses Association (ANA) member | Peggy Lee, BSN, RN |
ANA, Individual Member Division | Dawn Lea, PhD, RN |
ANA, Ethics | Liz Stokes, JD, MA, RN |
ANA, Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation, Staff Lead | Holly Carpenter, BSN, RN |
ANA, Nursing Practice & Work Environment | Kendra McMillan, MPH, RN |
ANA, Office of General Counsel | Swalitha Richardson, JD, BS |
ANA, Office of General Counsel | Bruke Sullivan, JD, BA |
ANA, Policy & Government Affairs | Lisa Stand, BA |
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses | Terri Link MPH, BSN, CNOR |
Emergency Nurses Association | Paul R. Clark, PhD, RN, MA |
Georgia Nurses Association | Linda Morrow, DNP, MBA, NE-BC, CPHQ, CNOR |
Health Ministries Association | Julie Ruchniewicz, BSN, RN |
Hospital educator representative | Marianne Hess, MSN, RN, CCRN-K |
National Council of State Boards of Nursing | Michelle Buck, MSN, APRN, CNS |
National League for Nursing | Kathleen Poindexter, PhD, RN, CNE |
National Student Nurses' Association | Trisha Mims, MSN, MBA, RN |
Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs | Catherine Giasson, DNP, MHA, RN, NE-BC |
San Diego State University | Amanda Choflet, DNP, RN, OCN |
Sigma | Matthew Howard DNP, RN, CEN, CPEN, CPN |
The Ohio State University | Sharon Tucker, PhD, APRN-CNS, NC-BC, EBP-C, FNAP, FAAN |
The Ohio State University, CO-CHAIR | Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FNAP, FAAN |
University of San Diego California, CO-CHAIR | Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN |
Review Committee
Organization | Name |
American Association of Colleges of Nursing | Brittany Abeln, BSN, RN |
American Nurses Association (ANA) member | Nirva Berthold, MSN, RN |
ANA Individual Member Division (IMD) | Mitzi Fields, MSN, RN |
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses | Kristin Seeman, MSN, RN, CNOR |
Arizona Nurses Association | Jason Bradley, PhD(c), MSEd. RN, CCRN-K, LPC |
Colorado Nurses Association | Mary Ciambelli PhD, RXN, PMHCNS-BC |
Connecticut Nurses Association |
Stephanie R. Paulmeno, DNP, MS, RN, NHA, CPH, CCM, CDP |
Indiana State Nurses Association | Brian A. Arwood, MSN, RN, RN-BC |
Iowa Nurses Association | Maureen Horsley, MS, PNP-BC, FNP-BC, RN |
Louisiana State Nurses Association | Mitzie Meyers, MSN, RN, CNE, AHN-BC |
Minnesota Organization of Registered Nurses | Tracy Howard, MSN, RN, PHN |
Mississippi Nurses Association | Carl Mangum, PhD, PMHNP-BC, NHDP- BC |
New Hampshire Nurses Association | Judith Pare, PhD, MS, RN |
New Mexico Nurses Association | Rachael Frija, DNP, RN-BC |
New Jersey State Nurses Association | Susan H. Weaver, PhD, RN, CRNI, NEA-BC |
Oklahoma Nurses Association | Karen Taylor, DNP, APRN-CNP, PMHNP-BC |
South Carolina Nurses Association | Margaret Johnson, FNP, PMHNP-BC, DNP |
Texas Nurses Association | Dawn M. Webb, MSN, RN-BC |
The Ohio State University | Jacqueline Hoying, PhD, RN, NEA-B |
Vermont Nurses Association | Cynthia Peterson, PhD (c), MSN, RN |
Virginia Nurses Association | Melissa Earley BSN, RN-BC, QMHP-C, NHDP-BC, CCEMT-P |
Wyoming Nurses Association | Barbara James, MS, BSN, RN |
Reviewed and updated 12/7/22
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Suicide prevention in nursing. One big problem is that nurses and other healthcare professionals cannot go the seek healthcare when they are feeling depressed and suicidal without risking their license, their job, their identity as a nurse or any other job.
I went though a very dark depression, a one time incident that I have been recovered from for years. However when I took FMLA to get help from a counselor he reported me to the SBON without telling me. My license was suspended, I lost my job and now everything that I told the counselor, that should be HIPPA protected, is published on the SBON website for anyone, anyone to see. So now I can't get a job anywhere due to my background check that includes info that should be HIPA protected. I can't even get a job at Walmart. I went back to school and get a different degree. But I still can't get a job through that either due to my background check. I am literally going to end up on the streets because I asked for help. I thought I was doing the right thing to protect myself and others, but I was only punished for it. (I went to an HR consultant, she said "it will be impossible to get a job unless they don't really do a background check." This just isn't right for me or anyone else.
Is there away to get the SBON to take such private information off their website so I can get a job - not in nursing.