Hilary Causer
@drhilarycauser.bsky.social
Research Fellow | Suicidologist | Qualitative methods
Revisioning distress and suicidality in women nurses @nurse-suicide.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
www.nursesuicidestudy.com
Feminist. Ally. She/her.
Revisioning distress and suicidality in women nurses @nurse-suicide.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
www.nursesuicidestudy.com
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Hilary Causer
@drhilarycauser.bsky.social
· Sep 24
**Calling Women Nurses**
We are interested in hearing your views on the heightened suicide rate for women nurses.
We are facilitating online focus groups this autumn.
To find out more: lnkd.in/exu_76MA
or email info@nursesuicidestudy.com
#NurseSky #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide
Please share.
We are interested in hearing your views on the heightened suicide rate for women nurses.
We are facilitating online focus groups this autumn.
To find out more: lnkd.in/exu_76MA
or email info@nursesuicidestudy.com
#NurseSky #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide
Please share.
We are inviting #WomenNurses to contribute their views on the heightened rate of suicide among women nurses.
You are welcome to share this with your UK Nursing networks.
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseSuicide
You are welcome to share this with your UK Nursing networks.
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseSuicide
We have participant interview slots available until the end of January and we are really keen to engage with #GlobalMajority and #InternationallyEducated #WomenNurses to hear you thoughts on the heightened rate of death by suicide among women nurses.
Details below 👇
Details below 👇
To ensure representation in our research findings. We are actively seeking #GlobalMajority and #InternationallyEducated #WomenNurses to take part in our research. Details below 👇 Contact us at info@nursesuicidestudy.com
Please share with your networks.
Please share with your networks.
January 14, 2026 at 10:20 AM
We have participant interview slots available until the end of January and we are really keen to engage with #GlobalMajority and #InternationallyEducated #WomenNurses to hear you thoughts on the heightened rate of death by suicide among women nurses.
Details below 👇
Details below 👇
I haven't posted on the other platform for over a year - but this morning, I finally, FINALLY, deactivated my account.
I encourage everyone with a stagnant x account to do the same.
I encourage everyone with a stagnant x account to do the same.
January 14, 2026 at 9:46 AM
I haven't posted on the other platform for over a year - but this morning, I finally, FINALLY, deactivated my account.
I encourage everyone with a stagnant x account to do the same.
I encourage everyone with a stagnant x account to do the same.
It was lovely to catch up with colleagues - and to meet some in 'real life' for the first time yesterday! @wow-surrey.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
The 350 mile round trip was definitely worth it!
#RemoteWorker #TeamWork #ChristmasCrafting
The 350 mile round trip was definitely worth it!
#RemoteWorker #TeamWork #ChristmasCrafting
We had a great day yesterday - it was our annual Christmas crafting get together - we made felt snowflake tree decorations - and yes, there were mince pies!!
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It was lovely to catch up with colleagues - and to meet some in 'real life' for the first time yesterday! @wow-surrey.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
The 350 mile round trip was definitely worth it!
#RemoteWorker #TeamWork #ChristmasCrafting
The 350 mile round trip was definitely worth it!
#RemoteWorker #TeamWork #ChristmasCrafting
Take a look at my colleagues insightful blog post
#WhiteRibbonDay #16DaysOfAction
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/why-tak...
#WhiteRibbonDay #16DaysOfAction
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/why-tak...
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Take a look at my colleagues insightful blog post
#WhiteRibbonDay #16DaysOfAction
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/why-tak...
#WhiteRibbonDay #16DaysOfAction
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/why-tak...
Quite excited - and a tiny bit terrified - that I'll be chairing the @wow-surrey.bsky.social annual seminar.
It's a packed programme, full of innovative and creative goodness.
All details 👇 Let me know if you'd like a meeting invite.
It's a packed programme, full of innovative and creative goodness.
All details 👇 Let me know if you'd like a meeting invite.
We're excited to invite you to our annual seminar.
Online and free. 20th November 10.00 - 12.00noon.
A packed interdisciplinary programme exploring Innovative and Creative methods in Research & Teaching.
Contact us if you'd like a meeting invite.
#HealthResearch #NurseSky #AcademicSky
Online and free. 20th November 10.00 - 12.00noon.
A packed interdisciplinary programme exploring Innovative and Creative methods in Research & Teaching.
Contact us if you'd like a meeting invite.
#HealthResearch #NurseSky #AcademicSky
October 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Quite excited - and a tiny bit terrified - that I'll be chairing the @wow-surrey.bsky.social annual seminar.
It's a packed programme, full of innovative and creative goodness.
All details 👇 Let me know if you'd like a meeting invite.
It's a packed programme, full of innovative and creative goodness.
All details 👇 Let me know if you'd like a meeting invite.
Reposted by Hilary Causer
There is still plenty of time for #WomenNurses to join our #NurseSuicide focus groups.
#UKNurses #InternationallyEducatedNurses #MinoritisedNurses #SocialCareNursing #PrivateSectorNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseResearch
#UKNurses #InternationallyEducatedNurses #MinoritisedNurses #SocialCareNursing #PrivateSectorNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseResearch
**Calling Women Nurses**
We are interested in hearing your views on the heightened suicide rate for women nurses.
We are facilitating online focus groups this autumn.
To find out more: lnkd.in/exu_76MA
or email info@nursesuicidestudy.com
#NurseSky #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide
Please share.
We are interested in hearing your views on the heightened suicide rate for women nurses.
We are facilitating online focus groups this autumn.
To find out more: lnkd.in/exu_76MA
or email info@nursesuicidestudy.com
#NurseSky #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide
Please share.
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
There is still plenty of time for #WomenNurses to join our #NurseSuicide focus groups.
#UKNurses #InternationallyEducatedNurses #MinoritisedNurses #SocialCareNursing #PrivateSectorNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseResearch
#UKNurses #InternationallyEducatedNurses #MinoritisedNurses #SocialCareNursing #PrivateSectorNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseResearch
Great work Vickie!
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Great work Vickie!
I'm very chuffed and proud to be lead supervisor for one of our two new PhD students - welcome to the team Bethany and Ella 😊
Our highlight of October has been welcoming our two new PhD students to the Nurse Suicide Study.
- Ella Langham will be researching #WorkplaceBullying and violence and the impact on #Nurses
- Bethany Ashton will be researching experiences of #Whistleblowing among #WomenNurses
#NurseSuicide
- Ella Langham will be researching #WorkplaceBullying and violence and the impact on #Nurses
- Bethany Ashton will be researching experiences of #Whistleblowing among #WomenNurses
#NurseSuicide
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I'm very chuffed and proud to be lead supervisor for one of our two new PhD students - welcome to the team Bethany and Ella 😊
Our latest Newsletter is out!
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky
#WorldMentalHealthDay #TakePartInResearch
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky
#WorldMentalHealthDay #TakePartInResearch
We've published our second Newsletter!
Catch up on our progress - find out how you can take part in our research - meet our new PhD students!
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/publications...
#WomenNurses #NurseSuicide #TakePartInResearch #WorldMentalHealthDay
Catch up on our progress - find out how you can take part in our research - meet our new PhD students!
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/publications...
#WomenNurses #NurseSuicide #TakePartInResearch #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Our latest Newsletter is out!
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky
#WorldMentalHealthDay #TakePartInResearch
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky
#WorldMentalHealthDay #TakePartInResearch
Reposted by Hilary Causer
Important new work from our colleague Dr Victoria Williams - exploring women's experiences of #Endometriosis in the workplace.
Uncovering #WorkplaceInequalities especially in connection with #Intersectionality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Uncovering #WorkplaceInequalities especially in connection with #Intersectionality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
“You go back to zero”: Embodied precarity, endo time and employment - Victoria Williams, Joanna Brewis, Vincenzia Priola, Katherine Sang, 2025
Drawing on interview and diary data from 21 women in the UK, this paper focuses on how endometriosis, a long-term gynecological condition, is lived and navigate...
journals.sagepub.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Important new work from our colleague Dr Victoria Williams - exploring women's experiences of #Endometriosis in the workplace.
Uncovering #WorkplaceInequalities especially in connection with #Intersectionality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Uncovering #WorkplaceInequalities especially in connection with #Intersectionality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
We have space on our Blog for your voice!
Share your thoughts about #NurseSuicide in #WomenNurses
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
Info and contact details: 👇
Share your thoughts about #NurseSuicide in #WomenNurses
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
Info and contact details: 👇
Do you have something that you would like to say about #NurseSuicide in #WomenNurses
We have room for you and your ideas on our #Blog. We welcome a wide range of voices and formats.
Look at our past blogs here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog
Contact us here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog
#NurseSky
We have room for you and your ideas on our #Blog. We welcome a wide range of voices and formats.
Look at our past blogs here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog
Contact us here: www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog
#NurseSky
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We have space on our Blog for your voice!
Share your thoughts about #NurseSuicide in #WomenNurses
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
Info and contact details: 👇
Share your thoughts about #NurseSuicide in #WomenNurses
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #ResearchSky
Info and contact details: 👇
Thank you for asking, unfortunately we are only funded to do this research with nurses working in the UK.
September 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Thank you for asking, unfortunately we are only funded to do this research with nurses working in the UK.
We are inviting #WomenNurses to contribute their views on the heightened rate of suicide among women nurses.
You are welcome to share this with your UK Nursing networks.
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseSuicide
You are welcome to share this with your UK Nursing networks.
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseSuicide
**Calling Women Nurses**
We are interested in hearing your views on the heightened suicide rate for women nurses.
We are facilitating online focus groups this autumn.
To find out more: lnkd.in/exu_76MA
or email info@nursesuicidestudy.com
#NurseSky #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide
Please share.
We are interested in hearing your views on the heightened suicide rate for women nurses.
We are facilitating online focus groups this autumn.
To find out more: lnkd.in/exu_76MA
or email info@nursesuicidestudy.com
#NurseSky #WomenNurses #NurseSuicide
Please share.
September 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We are inviting #WomenNurses to contribute their views on the heightened rate of suicide among women nurses.
You are welcome to share this with your UK Nursing networks.
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseSuicide
You are welcome to share this with your UK Nursing networks.
#NurseSky #AcademicSky #NurseSuicide
Some days my Google Scholar Alerts contain an absolute treat like this Special Issue: Critical Suicide Studies: Decolonial and Participatory Creative Approaches. #CriticalSuicidology #CreativeMethods #SuicideResearch
www.mdpi.com/books/reprin...
www.mdpi.com/books/reprin...
www.mdpi.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Some days my Google Scholar Alerts contain an absolute treat like this Special Issue: Critical Suicide Studies: Decolonial and Participatory Creative Approaches. #CriticalSuicidology #CreativeMethods #SuicideResearch
www.mdpi.com/books/reprin...
www.mdpi.com/books/reprin...
Great to see @netecr.bsky.social on #Bluesky!
Fellow #ECR & #MCR suicide and self-harm researchers - this is YOUR peer support community! Give them a follow!
Fellow #ECR & #MCR suicide and self-harm researchers - this is YOUR peer support community! Give them a follow!
September 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Great to see @netecr.bsky.social on #Bluesky!
Fellow #ECR & #MCR suicide and self-harm researchers - this is YOUR peer support community! Give them a follow!
Fellow #ECR & #MCR suicide and self-harm researchers - this is YOUR peer support community! Give them a follow!
We've just published our latest blog - @nurse-suicide.bsky.social we are passionate about revisioning the way that #NurseSuicide is understood. So this year's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay theme to #ChangeTheNarrative chimes well with our work.
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky
To mark #WorldSuicidePreventionDay we have published our latest blog.
Our ambition to "Revision Nurse Suicide" through our research aligns with this years theme to #ChangeTheNarrative
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/revisioning-the-narrative
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #ResearchSky
Our ambition to "Revision Nurse Suicide" through our research aligns with this years theme to #ChangeTheNarrative
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/revisioning-the-narrative
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #ResearchSky
Revisioning the narrative — Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality
The theme for this years World Suicide Prevention Day is Changing the Narrative on Suicide. It is a theme that aligns well with the focus of our research on suicide in women nurses. We use the word ‘r...
www.nursesuicidestudy.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We've just published our latest blog - @nurse-suicide.bsky.social we are passionate about revisioning the way that #NurseSuicide is understood. So this year's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay theme to #ChangeTheNarrative chimes well with our work.
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky
#NurseSuicide #WomenNurses #NurseSky #AcademicSky
I'm on my way to Exeter to present at the @rcn.org.uk International Nursing Research Conference with Drs Ruth Riley & Anna Conolly, sharing the first findings from our #NurseSuicide #WomenNurses research @nurse-suicide.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I'm on my way to Exeter to present at the @rcn.org.uk International Nursing Research Conference with Drs Ruth Riley & Anna Conolly, sharing the first findings from our #NurseSuicide #WomenNurses research @nurse-suicide.bsky.social
Reposted by Hilary Causer
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
Researcher - Work-related Suicide and Social Justice at Healing Justice London
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
Reposted by Hilary Causer
Phillipson is being an idiot. Let’s keep the squeeze on.
This letter now has 700+ signatures. Shall we get it to 1,000 before the Tuesday deadline?
Then I’ll print it all out—with every name—and post it to her, plus copy to every supportive MP I know.
Sign here 🤗 docs.google.com/forms/d/180G...
This letter now has 700+ signatures. Shall we get it to 1,000 before the Tuesday deadline?
Then I’ll print it all out—with every name—and post it to her, plus copy to every supportive MP I know.
Sign here 🤗 docs.google.com/forms/d/180G...
An Open Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities re the EHRC Code of Practice and Human Rights Risks
The Minister for Women and Equalities will soon be called upon to approve a new Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), f...
docs.google.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Phillipson is being an idiot. Let’s keep the squeeze on.
This letter now has 700+ signatures. Shall we get it to 1,000 before the Tuesday deadline?
Then I’ll print it all out—with every name—and post it to her, plus copy to every supportive MP I know.
Sign here 🤗 docs.google.com/forms/d/180G...
This letter now has 700+ signatures. Shall we get it to 1,000 before the Tuesday deadline?
Then I’ll print it all out—with every name—and post it to her, plus copy to every supportive MP I know.
Sign here 🤗 docs.google.com/forms/d/180G...
After experiencing 'imposter participants' in online interviews I was glad to collaborate on this publication.
Seems it continues to be a growing issue!
‘Imposter participants’ in online qualitative research, a new and increasing threat to data integrity? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seems it continues to be a growing issue!
‘Imposter participants’ in online qualitative research, a new and increasing threat to data integrity? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
‘Imposter participants’ in online qualitative research, a new and increasing threat to data integrity?
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
After experiencing 'imposter participants' in online interviews I was glad to collaborate on this publication.
Seems it continues to be a growing issue!
‘Imposter participants’ in online qualitative research, a new and increasing threat to data integrity? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seems it continues to be a growing issue!
‘Imposter participants’ in online qualitative research, a new and increasing threat to data integrity? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Hilary Causer
My comment about open research and qualitative methods is out! I argue that open research needs to take seriously the notion that "rigour" looks different for different methods and can learn from qualitative traditions. It feels very apt to be at #QMIP2025 for this publication day rdcu.be/evEpk
July 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
My comment about open research and qualitative methods is out! I argue that open research needs to take seriously the notion that "rigour" looks different for different methods and can learn from qualitative traditions. It feels very apt to be at #QMIP2025 for this publication day rdcu.be/evEpk
Work-related suicide.
More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, while it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide.
#WorkplaceSuicide #PostOfficeHorizonInquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, while it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide.
#WorkplaceSuicide #PostOfficeHorizonInquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds
First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare ‘disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people seek compensation
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Work-related suicide.
More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, while it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide.
#WorkplaceSuicide #PostOfficeHorizonInquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, while it drove at least 59 more to contemplate suicide.
#WorkplaceSuicide #PostOfficeHorizonInquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
We've published our latest blog - take a read!!
Big thanks to @quirkygrump.bsky.social for supporting us and sharing her experiences.
#WomenNurses #MoralInjury #Whistleblowing
Big thanks to @quirkygrump.bsky.social for supporting us and sharing her experiences.
#WomenNurses #MoralInjury #Whistleblowing
Are you interested in #WomenNurses #MoralInjury #Whistleblowing? Then read our new blog by Sue Spencer @quirkygrump.bsky.social for her story of repair and recovery
#NurseSky #AcademicSky
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/creativ...
#NurseSky #AcademicSky
www.nursesuicidestudy.com/blog/creativ...
Creative connections – pathways to repair and recovery from moral injury — Revisioning Nurse Distress and Suicidality
On 1 st June 2015 I found myself unexpectedly unbusy, sent on “gardening leave” and unemployable. This blog is my reflection on my experience of presenting poems about my nursing career at an academi...
www.nursesuicidestudy.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We've published our latest blog - take a read!!
Big thanks to @quirkygrump.bsky.social for supporting us and sharing her experiences.
#WomenNurses #MoralInjury #Whistleblowing
Big thanks to @quirkygrump.bsky.social for supporting us and sharing her experiences.
#WomenNurses #MoralInjury #Whistleblowing
On my desk today:
'What happens to a person who speaks out about corruption in their organization, and finds themselves excluded from their profession?' Kate Kenny's research presents a feminist critique of the phenomenon of whistleblowing.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
'What happens to a person who speaks out about corruption in their organization, and finds themselves excluded from their profession?' Kate Kenny's research presents a feminist critique of the phenomenon of whistleblowing.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On my desk today:
'What happens to a person who speaks out about corruption in their organization, and finds themselves excluded from their profession?' Kate Kenny's research presents a feminist critique of the phenomenon of whistleblowing.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
'What happens to a person who speaks out about corruption in their organization, and finds themselves excluded from their profession?' Kate Kenny's research presents a feminist critique of the phenomenon of whistleblowing.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On my desk today:
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Articulating a Feminist Discourse Praxis
I've been applying Lazars five key principles to our critical #PolicyAnalysis regarding #NurseSuicide in UK policy.
Written in 2007 - still relevant today.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Articulating a Feminist Discourse Praxis
I've been applying Lazars five key principles to our critical #PolicyAnalysis regarding #NurseSuicide in UK policy.
Written in 2007 - still relevant today.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On my desk today:
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Articulating a Feminist Discourse Praxis
I've been applying Lazars five key principles to our critical #PolicyAnalysis regarding #NurseSuicide in UK policy.
Written in 2007 - still relevant today.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Articulating a Feminist Discourse Praxis
I've been applying Lazars five key principles to our critical #PolicyAnalysis regarding #NurseSuicide in UK policy.
Written in 2007 - still relevant today.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....