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I was hoping to share more about our project and efforts to increase public awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Led by the White House, this non-partisan national initiative known as Joining Forces, calls on nurses and communities to educate themselves on the needs of PTSD patients and to dedicate themselves to providing the highest quality care to these patients. In the spirit of this initiative, we have created a resource to help not only nurses, but anyone -- family members, friends, co-workers -- better understand and recognize PTSD; steps that are critical to ensuring patients receive appropriate care and support.

The resource can be found here: http://www.rntobsn.org/resources/ptsd/. While it focuses primarily on PTSD as it affects servicemembers, much of the information is still important and relevant to non-servicemembers struggling with PTSD.