12/14/2025
๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช! ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐น๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ!! ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฎ:๐ญ๐ฑ-๐ญ:๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ง (call-in info is below). ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ๐๐: โ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐: ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐๐ฃ๐โ presented by Kristin Waite-Labott.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
This presentation addresses the critical but often ignored issue of mental health and substance use disorder among healthcare professionals. Utilizing open and honest dialogue and the powerful vehicle of personal narrative, the session aims to shatter the professional stigma that discourages cliniciansโespecially nursesโfrom seeking help.
Kristin will provide a candid overview of the current state of mental health and substance use within the nursing workforce, identifying the systemic and cultural barriers that contribute to silence. The presentation will transition from identifying problems to providing practical solutions, covering how to effectively recognize when a peer may be struggling and outlining the specific, accessible well-being and substance use resources available in Wisconsin to support recovery and resilience.
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With over three decades of nursing experience, Kristin has firsthand knowledge of the difficulties faced by nurses. Having personally experienced the challenges of mental health and substance use, she found recovery in 2005. She has created a lifeline for nurses seeking support and understanding by founding WisPAN, Wisconsin Peer Alliance for Nurses, providing a safe space for nurses to find support, share experiences, and build resilience. She has published a book called โAn Unlikely Addictโ, about her story of recovery and a textbook called โSubstance Use Disorder in Healthcare Professionalsโ. She is a Certified Addictions Registered Nurse, CARN, and a Certified Professional Recovery Coach, CPRC.
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๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ:
The Wisconsin Rural Health and Substance Use Clinical Support (RHeSUS) Programโs Lunch and Learn webinar series, was developed by Dr. Randall Brown, in partnership with Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA), to support those who treat and care for people struggling with substance use disorders in rural Wisconsin. This series is free of cost and offers CME/CE credit (See accreditation information here: https://ce.icep.wisc.edu/rhesus-program-lunch-and-learn-25).
The series will consist of didactic, case presentations and discussion, and plans to cover a variety of topics related to substance use disorders and management, and peer recovery services. Sessions will occur on the 3rd Monday of the month.
The target audience includes MD/DO, RN, APRN, Physician Assistants, Social Workers, CSAC, Behavioral Health Providers, and Peer Recovery Services.
Funding for RHeSUS was provided by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health from the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP).
