What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe. - bell hooks
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
This week’s recommended Health and Wellness Activity
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Recent article published by LeTizia Smith, DNP, PMHNP-BC, remembers and honors Tennessee nurses lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. Article can be found in the Tennessee Nurse: The voice for professional nursing in Tennessee since 1905. Volume 84, Number4, Winter 2021 issue, page 15 (opens new window).
(opens new window)The MFP plays crucial roles in (a) encouraging students of all ethnic minorities to enter master’s and doctoral programs in behavioral health nursing, and (b) supporting them with fellowships during their studies. Learn more and apply at apply.emfp.org (opens new window).
MFP/ANA Podcast: Mental Health Trailblazers (opens new window) (opens new window)– Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up (opens new window)
Missed an episode? All podcast episodes can be viewed at https://bit.ly/3ayE7CJ (opens new window). Here the groundbreaking journeys of black, indigenous and other peoples of color, psychiatric and mental health nurses, in their quest to meet the urgent and unmet needs of minority communities in America. Listen (opens new window)here (opens new window). (opens new window)
Missed the MFP/ANA Virtual Intensive Summer Institute? Check out the schedule-of-events, bios of speakers and moderators, and view all the recorded sessions here: emfp.org/library/continuing-education/mfp-2021-virtual-intensive-summer-institute (opens new window)
(opens new window)Applications are open for all American Psychological Association (APA) MFP fellowships, including the Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP) nursing discipline. The deadline to apply is January 15, 2022. Click here (opens new window)to learn more and to apply
About MFP
Funding for the MFP e-Newsletter was made possible (in part) by Grant Number 1H79SM080386-04 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written training materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.