Katie Boston-Leary is the Director of Nursing Programs at the American Nurses Association overseeing the Nursing Practice and Work Environment Division and Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation. Katie defines a healthy nurse as actively focused on creating and maintaining balance and synergy with physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, financial, personal, and professional well-being.
Katie challenges organizations to re-look at how they can bring well-being into the workspace where nurses spend most of their time. Katie shares recent research from 9,500 respondents where nurses rated their overall emotional health an average score of 3 out of 10. Throughout the podcast, Katie provides recommendations for building a culture where well-being is a top focus as well as free resources for you and your organization.
Suicide Rates: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-10-25/nurses-have-suicidal-thoughts-more-often-than-other-workers-study
Resources:
Nurse Suicide Prevention and Well-being Initiative: www.NursingWorld.org
Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation: www.HNHN.org
Contact Information:
Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiebostonleary/
Director of Nursing Programs
Nursing Practice & Work Environment
Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation