Explore media coverage, research, and evidence-informed resources shaping nurse suicide awareness, intervention, and postvention.

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  • Title of a scientific journal article about testing strategies for identifying nurse suicide rates in the United States, with authors listed.

    Davidson, Stuck, Zisook, & Proudfoot, 2018

    Pilot method for identifying nurse suicide incidence using San Diego County data as a national model.

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  • Screenshot of a research article titled 'Suicide Prevention: A Healer Education and Referral Program for Nurses' by authors Judy E Davidson, Sidney Zisoek, Brittany Kirby, Gianni DeMichele, and William Norcross, published in the Journal of Nursing Administration.

    Davidson, Zisook, Kirby, DeMichele, & Norcross, 2018

    Pilot expansion of anonymous proactive suicide-risk screening to nurses through the HEAR program.

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  • Cover page of a scholarly journal article titled 'Nurse suicide in the United States: Analysis of the Center for Disease Control 2014 National Violent Death Reporting System dataset.' The publication is from the 'Archives of Psychiatric Nursing,' Volume 33, Issue 5, October 2019, pages 16-21. The top left corner shows the Elsevier logo, and the top right corner has a small book cover image of the journal. The authors listed are Judy E. Davidson, James Proudfoot, Kelly Lee, and Sidney Zisook.

    Davidson, Proudfoot, Lee, & Zisook, 2019

    Early national NVDRS analysis showing elevated suicide rates among male and female nurses and identifying opioids and benzodiazepines as common substances involved.

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  • Cover page of an academic article titled "A Longitudinal Analysis of Nurse Suicide in the United States (2005-2016) With Recommendations for Action," published in a journal called "Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing." The authors listed are Judy E. Davidson, James Proudfoot, Kelly Lee PharmD, Garni Tertian, and Sidney Zisok. The publication date is February 3, 2020, with a DOI link at the bottom.

    Davidson, Proudfoot, Lee, Teterian, & Zisook, 2020

    First large national longitudinal study showing elevated suicide risk among U.S. nurses.

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  • Screenshot of a scientific article titled "A Longitudinal Analysis of Nurse Suicide in the United States (2005-2016) With Recommendations for Action,” authored by Judy E Davidson, James Proudfoot, Kelly Lee, Garni Terterian, and Sidney Zisook, published in the journal Worldviews Evid Based Nurs.

    Davidson, Proudfoot, Lee, Terterian, & Zisook, 2020

    Early national NVDRS analysis showing elevated suicide rates among male and female nurses and identifying opioids and benzodiazepines as common substances involved.

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  • Screenshot of a scholarly article titled "Sustainability and Outcomes of a Suicide Prevention Program for Nurses," authored by Judy E Davidson, Rachael Accardi, Courtney Sanchez, Sidney Zisook, and Laura A Hoffman, published on February 17, 2020.

    Davidson, Accardi, Sanchez, Zisook, & Hoffman, 2020

    Three-year outcomes of the HEAR program for nurses; important because it is one of the few nurse-specific suicide prevention intervention studies.

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  • Screenshot of a scholarly article titled "Association of US Nurse and Physician Occupation With Risk of Suicide" from JAMA Psychiatry, Volume 78, Number 6, with author names and links to related content.

    Davis et al. (2021)

    Large NVDRS cohort showing elevated suicide risk among nurses, especially female nurses.

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