Nurse Suicide Project

Image reads: University of Surrey. Seeking global ethnic majority nurses to take part in research on suicidal distress. Suicide rates are 23% higher for women nurses than other professions, but we don't know why. We're recruiting nurses to take part in focus groups or 1:2:1 interviews, to discuss your views and/or experiences of nurse suicide and nurse psychological distress. We're particularly keen to speak to nurses from the global ethnic majority. Requirements: Women registered nurses; Working in the UK; NHS, private sector, social care. Get in touch: info@nursesuicidestudy.com www.nursesuicidestudy.com Funded by the Wellcome Trust. This study has received a favourable ethical opinion from the University of Surrey: ref 0347

To ensure representation in our research findings. We are actively seeking #GlobalMajority and #InternationallyEducated #WomenNurses to take part in our research. Details below 👇 Contact us at info@nursesuicidestudy.com
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White text on a purple background. Text reads: Why take a gendered approach to understanding violence and abuse? 3 Dec By: Louise Isham This year, Tuesday 25th November was White Ribbon Day: a day that seeks to raise awareness of the global epidemic of violence against women and girls. White Ribbon Day is also the start of a sixteen-day period of campaigning and awareness raising about violence against women and girls, sometimes referred to as the 16 Days of Action. This year the campaign will end on Wednesday 10th December. In this blog, Dr Louise Isham sets out: what is understood by the term gender-based violence the value of adopting a gender-sensitive approach to understanding some forms of violence and abuse why this is relevant to our research around suicide in women nurses.

Our colleague Dr Louise Isham has written a blog for #WhiteRibbonDay #16DaysOfAction about the importance of a gendered approach to understanding violence and abuse.
#WomenNurses #NurseSuicide #NurseWellbeing

www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/why-tak...

Two of our team members will be presenting at the @wow-surrey.bsky.social annual seminar - 20th Nov - 10-12noon - online&free.
Our PI Dr Ruth Riley & Dr Jenny Oates will be presenting on our use of innovative methods #Storytelling #CitizensInquiry #WorldCafe
Comment or message for a meeting invite.

There is still plenty of time for #WomenNurses to join our #NurseSuicide focus groups.

#UKNurses #InternationallyEducatedNurses #MinoritisedNurses #SocialCareNursing #PrivateSectorNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseResearch

(cont) Get in touch: info@nursesuicidestudy.com www.nursesuicidestudy.com
The study has received a favourable ethical opinion from the University of Surrey re: 0347
Funded by Wellcome.

(cont) We're recruiting nurses to take part in focus groups, or if you prefer a 1:2:1 interview, to discuss your views and/or experiences of nurse suicide and nurse psychological distress.
Requirements: Women registered nurses; Working in the UK; NHS, private sector or social care (cont)

Thank you for highlighting this and apologies for our oversight.
The text in the image reads: Get involved in our research on suicidal distress in women nurses. Suicide tates are 23% higher for women nurses than women in other progressions, but we don't know why (continued in next comment)

You can find out about the rest of our multi-skilled, multi-disciplinary team here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/people

Photograph of Ella Langham with the text: PhD student Ella Langham I am a PhD student at the University of Surrey. My PhD project looks at the impact of workplace bullying on the mental health and wellbeing of nurses. My background is in psychology and philosophy, and I have experience working in education, healthcare, and policy analysis. Photograph of Bethany Ashton with the text: phd student Bethany Ashton I am a doctoral research student at the University of Surrey. I am working on PhD project 2. I am a registered paediatric nurse, veteran, and feminist. My research interests focus on nurse whistleblowing, marginalised communities, and mental health.

Our highlight of October has been welcoming our two new PhD students to the Nurse Suicide Study.
- Ella Langham will be researching #WorkplaceBullying and violence and the impact on #Nurses
- Bethany Ashton will be researching experiences of #Whistleblowing among #WomenNurses

#NurseSuicide

We've published our second Newsletter!
Catch up on our progress - find out how you can take part in our research - meet our new PhD students!
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/publications...

#WomenNurses #NurseSuicide #TakePartInResearch #WorldMentalHealthDay

Do you have something that you would like to say about #NurseSuicide in #WomenNurses
We have room for you and your ideas on our #Blog. We welcome a wide range of voices and formats.
Look at our past blogs here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog
Contact us here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog
#NurseSky

**Calling Women Nurses**

We are interested in hearing your views on the heightened suicide rate for women nurses.
We are facilitating online focus groups this autumn.

To find out more: lnkd.in/exu_76MA
or email info@nursesuicidestudy.com
#NurseSky #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide
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Revisioning the narrative — Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality The theme for this years World Suicide Prevention Day is Changing the Narrative on Suicide. It is a theme that aligns well with the focus of our research on suicide in women nurses. We use the word ‘r...

To mark #WorldSuicidePreventionDay we have published our latest blog.
Our ambition to "Revision Nurse Suicide" through our research aligns with this years theme to #ChangeTheNarrative
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/revisioning-the-narrative

#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #ResearchSky

We're very proud to be sharing the first findings from our #NurseSuicide research at the @rcn.org.uk International Nursing Research Conference.

We've also written two papers reporting our findings, so watch this space for publication details!

The image is a poster for a conference presentation. It reads: International Occupational Health. FOHNEU congress. 2-3 October 2025. Cork, Ireland. Day 2 Presentation: Revisioning distress and suicidality in women nurses. Dr Ruth Riley, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator. Wellcome Discovery Award - Revisioning distress and suicidality in women nurses. School of Health Sciences, University of Surrey. www.fohneu.com

We are very pleased that our PI Dr Ruth Riley will be presenting on our #NurseSuicide research at the 8th FOHNEU International Congress in Cork this October! #FOHNEU2025 - exploring the future of #OccupationalHealth
More details about the event here: bit.ly/FOHNEU2025

You can contact us here, for via the contact page on our website: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/contact

The image is text which reads: We've completed our literature review, a Critical Interpretative Synthesis of nurse suicide literature, and it has been submitted for publication - so watch this space! We've also completed our nurse suicide policy review and are just polishing the paper which will be submitted very soon. And we've finished the first stage of data collection in our interview study - asking key stakeholders their views on the heightened rate of suicide for women nurses - we are analysing that data over the summer We'll be undertaking stage two of the data collection in the autumn when we will be running several focus groups with women nurses - get in touch if you'd like to take part! And we are working on our second project newsletter - so hopefully that will be published over the summer too!

We've been a bit quiet here, but we've also been busy! Here's a little update on our year so far!
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky

Creative connections – pathways to repair and recovery from moral injury — Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality On 1 st June 2015 I found myself unexpectedly unbusy, sent on “gardening leave” and unemployable. This blog is my reflection on my experience of presenting poems about my nursing career at an academi...

Are you interested in #WomenNurses #MoralInjury #Whistleblowing? Then read our new blog by Sue Spencer @quirkygrump.bsky.social for her story of repair and recovery
#NurseSky #AcademicSky

www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/creativ...

"Endometriosis is more than a health challenge. It is a lens through which we can understand broader issues around gender, health and work"

Our colleague Dr Victoria Williams writes on #Endometriosis, #HealthPolicy and #WorkplaceWellbeing in @uk.theconversation.com

#MedSky #WomensHealth

Far from home, close to purpose — Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality A personal journey of growth, identity, and career as a nurse in the UK.

To mark #InternationalNursesDay we have published our latest blog post
Written by an #InternationallyEducatedNurse who shares her experience of adapting and facing challenges as a nurse in the UK.
#NurseSky #MedSky

www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/far-fro...

Hello #NurseSky
Are you interested in nurse related research?
Have you thought about undertaking a #PhD?
We are recruiting to TWO FUNDED PhD studentships - start date Oct 2025.
With a focus on #WomenNurses experiences of #Whistleblowing or #Bullying
Details here:
www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fun...

Welcoming the @surgeworkforce.bsky.social research partnership to @bsky.app
#MedSky #NurseSky #AcademicSky

We talk about values, but we also want to 'do' values.
Our latest blog by @drhilarycauser.bsky.social & Dr Karen Shaw:
'... we want to work transparently, with integrity, honesty and authenticity ... this blog [is] an enactment of those values.'
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/articul...

We are proud of our co-investigator Prof Jill Maben and our Research Fellow Dr Anna Conolly for their contribution to this important work.
#NurseSky #Nursing #Covid19 #SpeakingUp #FeelingSilenced

We are delighted for our Co-Investigator Prof Jill Maben who has been awarded a second term as an @nihr.bsky.social Senior Investigator.
Jill will be leading our study exploring #WomenNurses experiences of complaints and #FitnessToPractice procedures which starts April 2026.

A qualitative intersectional investigation into the experiences and consequences of Whistleblowing for women nurses at University of Surrey on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - A qualitative intersectional investigation into the experiences and consequences of Whistleblowing for women nurses at University of Surrey, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are very excited to advertise:

TWO funded PhD opportunities within our #NurseSuicide project.

We would love to hear from qualitative intersectional researchers to investigate nurses experiences of
1. Whistleblowing tinyurl.com/yp69cwth
2. Bullying/violence tinyurl.com/4hfpnsf9
#FindaPHD #PhD

All is not equal in death.
Remembering #nurses who died from #Covid-19 during the pandemic - five years on.
rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Today we are celebrating and thanking #WomenNurses for their phenomenal contribution to our collective #HealthAndWellbeing. Our research acknowledges the cost at which this comes. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 #NurseSky
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/why-onl...

To mark #OverseasNHSWorkersDay our co-investigator, Dr Gloria Likupe has written a blog to celebrate #InternationallyQualifiedNurses (IQNs) and highlight the struggles that they face.
Dr Likupe will lead our study into IQNs and #Suicidality from March 2026.
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/celebra...

A Longitudinal Analysis of Nurse Suicide in the United States (2005-2016) With Recommendations for Action - PubMed The increased risk of suicide in nurses is congruent with previous reports. The consistency in results increases confidence that findings are generalizable and warrant action. The use of pharmacologic...

Thank you. There is research that evidences a higher rate of suicide among women nurses in the USA and in Australia as well as the UK. These papers report the rates of suicide in the US. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32017434/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33851982/