Empowering Nurses and Organizations to Thrive

I collaborate with individuals, healthcare organizations, and academic institutions to promote mental health excellence, workforce well-being, and leadership rooted in human-centered values.

  • Speaking Engagements

    Dynamic and engaging presentations designed to inspire action and drive innovation.

    Topics include:

        •    Ethical Care for Individuals with Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders

        •    Building Cultures of Self-Care and Resilience in Nursing

        •    Speaking on Nurse Self-Care

        •    Advancing Nursing Education to Meet Future Workforce Needs

    Ideal for conferences, academic institutions, professional associations, and healthcare leadership events.

  • Research & Scholarship

    Advancing Nursing Through Scholarship and Innovation

    My scholarship explores the intersection of self-care, leadership, and nursing education, with a focus on preventing burnout, improving workforce retention, and advancing mental health care.

    Key Focus Areas:

        •    Faculty self-care and its impact on job satisfaction and student success

        •    Ethics and evidence-based practice in nursing education

        •    Addiction nursing workforce development

        •    Integration of whole-person wellness into nursing curricula

  • Leadership & Faculty Development

    Tailored workshops and consulting services to:

        •    Strengthen faculty engagement and resilience

        •    Improve student outcomes through evidence-based teaching strategies

        •    Develop human-centered leaders equipped to lead diverse teams in dynamic
    healthcare environments

  • Addiction & Mental Health Expertise

    With decades of experience in addiction nursing, I offer:

        •    Expert witness services for addiction and mental health cases

        •    Curriculum and fellowship design for addiction-certified APRNs

        •    Guidance for developing substance use disorder recovery programs & policies

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Highlighted Work:

•    Harmonizing Perspectives: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Developing a Multidimensional Theoretical Framework of Self-Care for Student Success

– Journal of Higher Education Theory & Practice, 2024

 •    Upcoming textbook chapter: Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice: A Practical Guide for Nursing (3rd ed., 2025)

 •    Featured Speaker: Opioid Use Disorder in Nursing: Examining Challenges, Impacts, and Interventions at 2024 Georgia Nurses Association State Conference

PUBLICATIONS

American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2025). APNA Graduate faculty toolkit: Resources for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner educators. https://www.apna.org/apna-graduate-faculty-toolkit/

 Innovation Advisory Committee: Education & Communication. (2024, Q1). Innovation advisory committee education and communication resources [PDF]. American Nurses Association. https://www.nursingworld.org/globalassets/innovation/guide/iac-education-and-communication-resources_2024-q1-updates_finalfinal.pdf

 Coffee, Z., Speight, C., Reyes-Walsh, L., Foreman, J., Davis-Dick, L., Vanderah, T. W., & Gordon, J. S. (2024). Empowering primary care nurse practitioners: A multilevel approach to combating the opioid crisis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16694

Reyes-Walsh, L. M., Lee, M., Dyess, S., Myers, R. E., Beidler, S., Willet, J., Whiddon, A., Garringer, M., & Porter, K. (2024). Harmonizing perspectives: An interdisciplinary approach to developing a multidimensional theoretical framework of self-care for student success. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 24(11), 193–206. https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v24i11.7472

Walsh, L.M., Pfeiffer, K., Goodson, M., Higgins, M., & Robertson, B. (2021). Integrated mental health and acute care clinical rotation on a dedicated education unit (DEU). Nursing Educator 46(6).

Giordano, N., Febres-Cordero, S., Baker, H., Pfeiffer, K., Walsh, L.M., Gish, A., Axson, S. A. (2021). Opioid-involved training delivered using remote learning modalities. Nursing Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1615

 Book Chapters

Reyes-Walsh, L. M. (2025). Psychiatric–mental health nursing. In L. Hopp, Introduction to evidence-based practice: A practical guide for nursing (3rd ed.) F.A. Davis.

De Chesnay, M., Walsh, L.M., Szekes, L., Cox, K., … (2012). Life histories: Affluent adolescents and substance use. Caring for the vulnerable: Perspectives on nursing theory. 3rd ed. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

 Lisa Marie Reyes-Walsh, DNP, APRN, CARN, FNP-BC, PMHNP - BC, CARN-AP, CNE