Nursing is a profession built on compassion and resilience, yet beneath its caring façade lies a growing mental health crisis. Many don’t know that nurses face one of the highest rates of suicide risk among healthcare workers, a silent epidemic rarely acknowledged in national headlines. Research shows that registered nurses have a significantly elevated suicide risk compared to the general population, and among female nurses, the risk nearly doubles.

Why does nurse suicide remain so overshadowed and unresolved? For starters, it’s largely invisible: suicides are rarely disaggregated by occupation in public statistics, leading to systemic underreporting of nurse-specific risks. While burnout and mental health among physicians have gained more attention (thankfully due to physician advocacy)

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