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APNA Announcements

  • Be inspired by the recently announced 2024 APNA Annual Awards Recipients, APNA members who demonstrate excellence in PMH nursing practice, education, research, leadership, community efforts, and more.
  • Passionate about driving change in mental health care? Apply for an APNA Research Grant by May 7.
  • Registration is OPEN for the APNA 22nd Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute on June 6-9 in Rockville, Maryland, or virtual. Save your space by May 13 to save!
  • Gain skills in flexible, strategic interventions including reflective listening and learning to recognize change or sustain talk with the new FREE nursing education, Motivational Interviewing: Practical Strategies for Nurses.

Featured News & Publications

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APNA Issue Statement: Addressing Workplace Violence in Today’s Environment

With high (and increasing) rates of violence towards nurses, especially in psychiatric settings, APNA calls for action to address the ...
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Meet Gayle, My Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Luminary

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President's Message

When the Spirit Moves You

You inspire me. Our connection paradigm is shifting and evolving with your interpretations of CONNECTION. In talking with APNA leaders ...
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CPI: Psychotherapy insights to enhance your practice

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Why I answered the APNA Call for Nominations 

Evelyn Perkins was Secretary of the APNA Board of Directors from 2020-2023. She explains why she answered the APNA ...
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My PMH Nurse Luminary leads by example

In this installment of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Luminaries, APNA member Jill Folsom, MS, RN shares how a nurse practitioner ...
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Member News March 2024

Member Highlights Kathleen R. Delaney was named to the planning committee for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (...
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My PMH Nurse Luminary helped found APNA

In this installment of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Luminaries, APNA member Wailua Brandman, APRN, PMHCNS/NP-BC, FAANP shares how ...

Member News January 2024

Member Highlights   University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Nursing School highlights Stuart Eynon in an article that tells his ...
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Self-Harm Prevention Project: Presenting at the APNA Annual Conference

Self-Harm Prevention Project: Innovative and Evidence-Based Solutions to Promote a Safe Environment of Care on Inpatient Psychiatry was ...
APNA 22nd Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute presenter Kirby Williams. Williams, a member of APNA, will present Optimizing with Less: The Art of Deprescribing. CPI is June 6-9, 2024, in Rockville, Maryland, or through Virtual Livestream.
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The Art of Deprescribing: A look ahead to CPI

Kirby Williams, MSN, PMHNP-BC, will present Optimizing with Less: The Art of Deprescribing at the APNA 22nd Clinical Psychopharmacology ...
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