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Preventing nurse suicide: Nursing school and beyond

American Nurse

Strategies and support to improve mental health outcomes Suicide and mental illness have long been stigmatized, and although public awareness has grown recently, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals hesitate to acknowledge their own mental health struggles or seek help.

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An Evidence-based Approach to Improving Nurse Mental Health 

Daily Nurse

Nurses’ self-reported mental health ratings have shown continued improvement since the darkest days of the pandemic, ascending from 5.4 Furthermore, adverse mental health outcomes have decreased across all categories over the past year. in 2020 to 6.6

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Transition to Practice: Are Students Ready to Join a Disengaged Workforce?

American Nurse

Melnyk and colleagues (2021) recently conducted a national study that analyzed mental health, physical health, and depression in nurses across the nation. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has identified six essential standards that provide evidence-based guidelines for success in the workplace.