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Talking About Suicide: Recognising Risk and Responding with Confidence

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About the event

Join the Australian College of Nursing Mental Health Faculty for an informative webinar exploring practical, compassionate approaches to suicide prevention in nursing practice. Designed for nurses across mental health and non-mental health settings, the session will build confidence in discussing suicidality, collaborative safety planning, and using evidence-informed tools to support safe, person-centred care.

Key Learning Objectives

  • Explore suicidality with compassion and confidence, regardless of a person's presenting health concern.
  • Use collaborative approaches to improve safety, including lethal means restrictions and safety planning.
  • Apply evidence-informed suicide prevention tools and resources to support safe, person-centred care

About the speaker

Stephanie Zweers - Principal Project Officer - Suicide Prevention in Health Services

Stephanie Zweers is a mental health nurse with nearly 20 years of experience across clinical, non-clinical and leadership roles. Drawing on extensive frontline and system-level expertise, she supports the implementation and sustainability of Queensland Health's Zero Suicide in Healthcare initiative. Her work focuses on strengthening suicide prevention capability and driving improvements in care for people experiencing suicidal distress.

Not an ACN member? Join ACN to attend this event for free and access the recording afterwards on the ACN CPD Centre.

By registering for this event, you agree to the registration terms and conditions.


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Thursday, 22 October 2026
5:30 pm AEDT to 7:00 pm AEDT
Free for members & $35.00 for Non-Members
Webinar
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Add to Calendar 10/22/2026 5:30PM 10/22/2026 7:00PM Australia/Canberra Talking About Suicide: Recognising Risk and Responding with Confidence Join the Australian College of Nursing Mental Health Faculty for an informative webinar exploring practical, compassionate approaches to suicide prevention in nursing practice. Online

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