Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.
Everyone you admire was once a beginner.
— Jack Butcher
The MFP is an initiative staffed by ANA with funding from SAMHSA, making fellowships available to ethnic and racial psychiatric nursing students who are enrolled full time in an accredited master’s/doctoral nursing program.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
This week’s recommended Health and Wellness Activity
MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND NURSING ARTICLES
Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospital (opens new window)
Nurses at Seattle Children's Hospital demanded the hospital intervene after police were twice called to the Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine Unit (PBMU) over violent incidents during a 2-week period in November, according to the Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA). Read more (opens new window)
What are the effects of racism on health and mental health? (opens new window)
Racism may be responsible for increasing physical and mental health disparities among Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). Read more (opens new window)
How Are Americans Using Emerging Cannabinoids?-- Survey reports past-year use of cannabidiol, cannabigerol, cannabinol, and more (opens new window)
About a quarter of Americans have used emerging cannabinoids -- such as cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG), and cannabinol (CBN) -- in the past year, according to a cross-sectional survey. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Applications for our 2024-2025 cohort are now open! If you have ever considered earning a master’s or doctoral degree in psychiatric mental health nursing and identify as a member of an ethnic minority in the U.S., learn more about the MFP/ANA and apply today at
apply.emfp.org (opens new window).
Former MFP/ANA Doctoral Fellow Laura Mata Lopez shares her main motivation for research in the John Hopkins Nursing Magazine (opens new window)
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Laura Mata Lopez, former MFP/ANA Doctoral Fellow: “I was raised by generations of resilient women – my grandmother, mother, aunties, and sisters.” Growing up, they passed down stories and lessons, “often centered on their identities as migrants, mothers, and women,” she adds, and which at the core, “were always about overcoming hardship in community.” In her clinical practice, she adds, “I get to witness the resilience and growth that can happen when Latina immigrants are given the opportunity, resources and tools to heal from trauma and recover from mental illness,” and capturing this process through research has become her main motivation.Read 'A Shared Resilience' (opens new window) in the Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine
Minority Fellowship Program at the American Nurses Association Alumna, Dr. Stefanie Fergusson, was our 2023 Intensive Training Institute Graduation Ceremony Keynote Speaker. In our ITI throwback today, Dr. Fergusson reflects on AI and why nurses and people of color need to have skin in the game.
You can find Dr. Fergusson's Keynote address and Q&A, as well as all the 2023 ITI sessions on our YouTube Channel (opens new window)
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Upcoming Events:
In a 6-part online course, Dr. Broderick Sawyer, clinical psychologist and Liberation Psychology trainer, will teach students how to balance their desire for perfection using behavioural, attention, and compassion-based techniques. Each 60-minute class session, Dr. Sawyer will use a blend of instruction, discussion, and skill-building to help you understand, reflect on, and balance perfectionism.
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HOTLINE RESOURCES
The National CLAS Standards
The National CLAS Standards are a set of 15 action steps intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. View the standards here (opens new window)
About MFP
Funding for the MFP e-Newsletter was made possible (in part) by Grant Number 1H79SM080386-05 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.
