What's New
Read the report: Move Your Mental Health that has been put together by the John W Brick Mental Health Foundation which is based on their review of all published research between 1990 and 2020 reporting on how over twenty different forms of physical activity impact mental health outcomes. https://www.johnwbrickfoundation.org/move-your-mental-health-report/
Nurse Faculty Tool Kit Based on the Film 5B Under Development The faculty tool kit is being developed by a team of subject matter experts selected by AACN and led by Edilma Yearwood, PhD, PMHCNS- BC, FAAN, Chair of the Department of Professional Nursing Practice at the Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies. The new 5B teaching resources will be accessible online from AACN’s website in October 2021.
ISPN wrote a letter regarding the President's Plan for children and adolescents at the US southern border. Read the letter here.
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In a new national study from UC San Diego Health, researchers found that nurses who lose a nursing position or leave the profession because of substance use, mental health issues or chronic pain are at an increased risk for death by suicide. Previously we identified that nurses in the United States have a higher rate of death by suicide than the general population. We now know the sad truth about the reasons for nurses’ increased risk of job-related issues prior to death by suicide. https://twitter.com/UCSDMedSchool/status/1381719004050378755
We write with a heavy heart the passing of an exceptional psychiatric nurse, colleague, and friend, Marlene Nadler-Moodie, MSN, APRN, PMHCNS-BC. She was a long time member of ISPN. Read more
The ISPN Peer Support Workgroup has opened up this support to any nurse at this time (members or nonmembers). Click here for more information.
ISPN has partnered with the KY chapter of ANA to put together a Kentucky Nurses Helping Nurses Project. To learn more about this program, click here. If you are interested in volunteering, click here.
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ISPN is a collaborative partner with the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice! If you are not a member, be sure to look at the member benefits to see reasons to join both organizations! Visit their website today!
Reminder to subscribe to the new ISPN Listserv, "E-List": Make sure you are logged in as this is a member benefit, and then click here to read more.
