Advancing Nurse Suicide Prevention Efforts: Kentucky's Multistakeholder Leadership Approach

Julie Marfell1, Marsha Woodall, Paul Norrod

  • 1Author Affiliations: Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, and Immediate Past President, Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition (Dr Marfell); Associate Dean of Health Sciences, Madisonville Community College, Madisonville, President, Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition, and Past Cochair (Dr Woodall), Kentucky Nursing Deans and Directors; Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, and Past Board Member (Dr Norrod), Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition; Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, and Board Member (Dr Walmsley), Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition; Associate Professor of Nursing, Northern Kentucky University, and President (Dr White), Kentucky Nurses Association; and Emerita Professor of Nursing and Former Dean, University of Kentucky, Lexington, and Past President (Dr Heath), Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition.

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