Workplace Wellness: From Resiliency to Suicide Prevention and Grief Management

Dr. Judy E. Davidson, DNP RN MCCM FAAN is a Nurse Scientist within the Department of Nursing Education, Research and Development at the University of California San Diego, and Research Scientist within the Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine for the University of California San Diego. Her research is focused on issues of workplace wellness ranging from the consequences of blame, peer support, clinician suicide, and clinician suicide prevention. She tested the first nurse suicide prevention program modelled after what had previously been deployed for physicians. This program is now heralded as a best practice from the American Nurses Association. Marcus Groner-Richardson, BSN RN is a new graduate clinical nurse at University of California San Diego Health. He is a second-career nurse with previous experience in business management. Marcus currently works with Dr. Judy Davidson and her team on research and advocacy efforts centered around healthcare workplace wellness and suicide prevention.