Supporting nurses’ mental health was a central concern in the early development of RESUME. The programme set out to investigate experiences of distress and help-seeking alongside the circumstances of nursing work.
Questions for research
What pressures do nurses describe? What makes support accessible or difficult to seek? How do professional cultures and workplace relationships affect people’s experiences? What can be learned from accounts of support that mattered?
These are questions for investigation. A general account of workplace pressures cannot establish why an individual experienced a suicidal crisis or died by suicide.
From questions to evidence
The Crisis Narrative fellowship now provides a focused programme of records, survey and oral-history research. Its findings are intended to inform future work on prevention and support.
Explore the current research. If you are looking for help for yourself or someone else, visit the support page.
Archive summary reviewed on 9 November 2026. The original publication date records the early development of RESUME.
