Tara Haskins, DNP, MSN, RN, AHN-BC

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Email info@agrisafe.org

Certified CALM Instructor

As AgriSafe’s Total Farmer Health Director and AgriSafe’s mental health lead, Dr. Tara Haskins is passionate about rural communities and the healthcare professionals that serve them. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dr. Haskins has 35 years of experience as a registered nurse with over 17 years in healthcare education and is a 2018 AgriSafe Nurse Scholar. Dr. Haskins is a certified CALM Instructor and QPR Instructor

She holds a Masters in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Forensics from the University of Tennessee at Memphis Health Science Center. Dr. Haskins is a member of the American Holistic Nurses Association and a board-certified Advanced Holistic Nurse. As a National Rural Health Association Fellow, she worked to coauthor NRHA’s  Disaster Preparedness in Rural Communities policy paper. She regularly advocates in Washington for policies to improve rural healthcare delivery as a National Rural Health Association member.

Her goal is simple: create health opportunities for well-being that creatively navigate barriers and build on the strengths that already exist in rural communities.

Events from this presenter

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  • Agricultural Community QPR for Farmers and Farm Families: Over the last decade, farmers and farm families have experienced increasing pressures resulting in high levels of stress, mental health issues and suicide.

    QPR for Farmers and Farm Families

    What is QPR? QPR training teaches laypeople and professionals to recognize and respond to mental health crises using the approach of Question, Persuade and Refer. To attend this training participants must be 18 years of age or older. In this 1.5-hour QPR training, we will provide: - Information on the unique challenges farmers face thatRead More

  • NFSHW23: Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) Training

    NFSHW2024

    Summary: CALM (Conversations on Access to Lethal Means) is a suicide prevention training that encourages safe storage of lethal means (firearms and medications) during a suicidal crisis. By temporarily putting time and distance between a suicidal person and highly lethal means, a life may be saved. CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means was originally createdRead More

  • Webinar: Stress Control Strategies for the Forestry and Timber Workforce

    Summary: Stress can directly impact safety. Whether managing forestry wildfires or working long strenuous days harvesting and hauling timber, the forestry and logging workforce face unique situations that can predispose workers to stress and challenges to mental well-being. The agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (AgFF) industries has one of highest percentages of deaths by suicide.Read More

  • Webinar: Naloxone Training: Responding to Opioid Overdose (Cost: $30, FREE for premium members)

    Summary: Overdose deaths are a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States and the majority of overdose deaths involve opioids. This epidemic is impacting communities all across the country. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids when given in time. This session is designed to prepare communities andRead More

  • Webinar: Cultivating a Healthy Mind – Mental Wellness for Youth Train the Trainer

    Summary: Stigma exists across all age groups for those struggling with mental health. Navigation of the teen years in everyday situations can create angst and uncomfortable feelings that are difficult to express. Adding mental illness and mental crisis to a teen or young adult’s typical growth and development makes struggling with emotions, relationships, academic success, andRead More

  • Webinar: Stress Control Strategies for the Forestry and Timber Workforce

    Summary: Stress can directly impact safety. Whether managing forestry wildfires or working long strenuous days harvesting and hauling timber, the forestry and logging workforce face unique situations that can predispose stress and challenges to mental well-being. The agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (AgFF) industries has one of highest percentages of deaths by suicide. Key factorsRead More

  • Webinar: Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) Training

    Summary: CALM (Conversations on Access to Lethal Means) is a suicide prevention training that encourages the safe storage of lethal means (firearms and medications) during a suicidal crisis. By temporarily putting time and distance between a suicidal person and highly lethal means, a life may be saved. CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means was originally createdRead More

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    Clinician Workshop: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)

    Summary: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) is a powerful addition to existing strategies to reduce the risk of suicide death in at-risk people while respecting their rights and autonomy. Help keep your at-risk clients safe by learning how to collaborate with them to implement safe storage of firearms and dangerous medications. This trainingRead More

  • Webinar: Naloxone Training: Responding to Opioid Overdose

    Summary: Overdose deaths are a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States and the majority of overdose deaths involve opioids. This epidemic is impacting communities all across the country. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids when given in time. This session is designed to prepare communities andRead More

  • clinician holding patients hand

    Clinician Workshop: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM)

    Summary: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) is a powerful addition to existing strategies to reduce the risk of suicide death in at-risk people while respecting their rights and autonomy. Help keep your at-risk clients safe by learning how to collaborate with them to implement safe storage of firearms and dangerous medications. This trainingRead More

  • Webinar: Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) Training

    Summary: CALM (Conversations on Access to Lethal Means) is a suicide prevention training that encourages the safe storage of lethal means (firearms and medications) during a suicidal crisis. By temporarily putting time and distance between a suicidal person and highly lethal means, a life may be saved. CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means was originally createdRead More

  • Webinar: Naloxone Training: Responding to Opioid Overdose

    Summary: Overdose deaths are a leading cause of injury-related death in the United States and the majority of overdose deaths involve opioids. This epidemic is impacting communities all across the country. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids when given in time. This session is designed to prepare communities andRead More