Statewide Assessment of North Carolina Nurse Practitioners' Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Suicide Awareness and Prevention: Protocol for a Statewide Mixed Methods Study

Charlene Whitaker-Brown   ^{1 *} , RN, CHFN, MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, DNP ;   Judith Bacchus Cornelius   ^{1 *} , RN, MS, PhD ;   Jaleesa Smoot   ² , BS ;   Anjala Khadka   ² , MBBS ;   Arundhati Patil   ³ , BSME

¹ School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States

² Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States

³ William States Lee College of Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States

*these authors contributed equally