Breaking Barriers to Nurse Workforce Well-Being: Licensure and Employment Policy Reform to Combat Stigma

DIALOGUE FORUM 

Thursday May 23, 2024
6 pm - 7:30 pm EST

Share your insight and experience! 
You have solutions - let's hear them!

ANA uses Dialogue Forums at the national membership meeting the ANA Membership Assembly, to drive nursing policy and practice focuses for ANA.

At the state level, we present the topics for the annual ANA dialogue forums so we can learn from you, and carry your voice to ANA. We hope that you can learn from your peers, expand your knowledge of issues, and share your creative, innovative, thoughts and wonderings.

Please join us to discuss this year's topics!

Topic 1: Mental Health Stigma in licensing, regulations, and employment

Nurses have struggled with mental and emotional well-being due to the inherent obligations and stressors of their profession. Nurses encounter higher rates of mental health issues, substance abuse, and even suicide compared to the general population (Choflet et al., 2023).

Tragically, the stigma surrounding seeking support perpetuates a culture of silence, where nurses suffer in solitude, fearing repercussions such as losing their license or enduring professional setbacks (Murthy, 2022). Because these realities have not been adequately addressed, they have resulted in a nursing workforce mental health crisis, which has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. A fundamental shift in culture and a united organizational response are imperative to dismantle the systemic barriers obstructing personal and professional well-being.

There will be no CNE credit for this event.