Let's Talk About
Nurse Suicide

The conversation healthcare has avoided, the research behind it, and what needs to change before distress becomes crisis.

September 8, 2026 | 1:00pm-2:00pm (ET)

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Nurses die by suicide at rates that outpace the general population, and most healthcare organizations have no idea it's happening inside their own walls.

· The warning signs get missed.
· The licensing questions keep nurses silent.
· The standard response, one more resilience module, does nothing to change the conditions driving the risk.
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Join three of the country's foremost nursing leaders, moderated by a doctoral-level mental health professional, for a frank hour on what the research actually shows about nurse suicide, the lived reality behind the data, and the organizational changes that reach nurses before distress becomes crisis. This isn't about asking nurses to cope better. It's about what your organization can do.

TUES, SEPT 8, 2026 | 1:00 PM-2:00PM ET | LIVE WEBINAR | FREE

Why you should attend

Nurse and healthcare worker suicide is one of the most serious and least talked-about crises in the industry. This panel puts it in the open and makes the case for why we need to better care for those who care for everybody else.

The Full Picture

See what the research says about how common this is, what drives it, and why it stays hidden.

First-Hand accounts

Hear from those who have lived this, and get the kind of perspective that hits home in a way data alone never will.

Tools You Can Use

Get practical grounding in mindfulness and trauma-informed care, approaches you can carry back to your people.

A Reason to Act

Leave with the framing and conviction to make suicide prevention a priority and lead a real call to action.

Meet the Speakers

Jay Sandys

PhD, LCSW, ACC

Jay Sandys has 30 years of counseling, consulting, and coaching experience advising senior leaders on matters related to interpersonal and organizational challenges. Jay has provided consultation and executivec oaching services to leaders and senior executives in diverse Fortune 500 organizations. Notably, Jay counsels all levels of employees and has mediated complex interdepartmental conflicts. Jay has extensive clinical and management experience, serving as Clinical Director, Vice President of Operations, and Vice President of Organizational Development for CCA. Jay also maintains a part-time psychotherapy practice.

Teri Pipe

PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP

Teri Pipe serves as the Richard E. Sinaiko Professor in Health Care Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing and core faculty in the UW-Madison Center for Healthy Minds. Dr. Pipe is Dean Emerita ofthe Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, where she served as Dean from 2011-2018 and as University-wide Chief Well-Being Officer from 2017-2021, and tenured Professor from 2001-2023. She was the Founding Director of ASU's Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience. Prior to ASU, Dr Pipe served as Mayo Clinic Arizona's Director of Nursing Research and Innovation. Dr. Pipe was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Leader and is a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academies of Practice.

Judy Davison

DNP, RN, MCCM, FAAN

Dr. Judy Davidson serves as associate clinical professor for The Ohio State University School of Nursing. In this role she conducts research to test strategies to reduce risk of suicide among nurses. Her previous research was conducted while serving as nurse scientist for the University of California San Diego. Her research focuses on mental health issues, suicide prevention and suicide amongst healthcare professionals; nurses, doctors and pharmacists. Her team developed the first suicide prevention program for nurses which has been heralded Edge Runner status by the Academy of Nurses: a model for replication.

Bob Dent

DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, ACC, FACHE, FAAN, FAONL

Bob Dent is the Founder and CEO of Dr. Bob Dent, LLC (DBD Coaching & Consulting) and serves as the System Chief Nursing Executive for the University of Maryland Medical System. A nationally recognized nurse leader, executive coach, author, and speaker, Dr. Dent has more than 35 years of healthcare leadership experience. Following his own journey through severe depression and recovery, he has become a passionate advocate for clinician mental health, psychological safety, and healthy work environments. Through his keynote The Mask I Wore and his coaching and consulting work, he helps healthcare leaders build cultures where people can ask for help without fear, lead with authenticity, and create workplaces where clinicians—and patients—can thrive.