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APNA Member of the Month of September

By Michaela Hogan posted 8 days ago
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Each month, the Research Council Steering Committee features an APNA member. This month, we are featuring Loralie Woods! Loralie Woods, is the recipient of the 2019 Madeline Naegle Scholarship Fund Award for Mental Health Nursing. She obtained a Bachelor of Nursing from Memorial University Faculty of Nursing in Newfoundland, Canada. After relocating to the United States, she earned a Master of Science in Nursing from San Diego State University. Most recently, in 2020, she graduated with a PhD in Nursing from the University of San Diego Hahn School Nursing and Health Science and ...
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FNP-C completing post graduate PMHNP needing pediatric preceptor

By Kelly Bryden posted 08-07-2023
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Hello, I am currently working as an FNP-C working towards my post graduate certificate PMHNP. I live in the Kansas City metro and searching for a pediatric preceptor for 180 hours/100 patients Summer 2024, Fall 2024 or Spring 2025. If you are open to precepting or know someone who currently precepts please reach out to me. I can shadow a nurse practitioner or doctor. I have secured both of my adult rotations already. Thank you, Kelly Bryden
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Guide To Writing Essays For Beginners – Steps and Examples

By Mark Wood posted 06-21-2023
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Writing essays is an essential skill that every student needs to master. However, if you're new to the world of essay writing, the process may seem daunting. Don't worry! In this guide, we will take you through the step-by-step process of writing an essay, along with providing examples. Additionally, if you find yourself struggling, there are numerous online resources available, such as " Do My Essay Online " and " Essay Help Online," that can assist you in your journey to becoming a proficient essay writer. Understanding the Essay Prompt The first step in writing an essay is to thoroughly understand the essay prompt or question. Carefully read ...
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What is a psychiatric-mental health nurse?

By paul ryan posted 05-29-2023
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A psychiatric-mental health nurse is a registered nurse (RN) who specializes in providing care for individuals with mental health and psychiatric disorders. They are trained to assess, diagnose, and manage the mental health needs of patients across the lifespan. Here are some key points about psychiatric-mental health nurses: Education and Training: Psychiatric-mental health nurses typically start their career by completing a nursing program and becoming a registered nurse (RN). After gaining experience in general nursing, they pursue additional education and training in psychiatric-mental health nursing. This may include obtaining a master's degree or ...
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The Nurse as an Incremental Policy Reformer: Advocacy for Healthcare in the Community

By Michael Polacek posted 05-09-2023
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Nurses have long been engaged in influencing healthcare through policy. Although when considering the number of nurses, the profession is sadly underrepresented. I realized this in 2014 while developing a personal knowledge base for suicide prevention and searching for policy-making entities in a Western state. The state-level department directing policy development and implementation strategies developed a 2015-2018 Behavioral Health Strategic Plan (Do not get me started on that label “Behavioral Health”). The eighteen-member workgroup included a wide range of disciplines primarily administrators, three physicians, two attorneys, and a patient advocate. ...
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We Are Stronger Together

By Chizimuzo Okoli posted 05-02-2023
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To all my incredible psychiatric-mental health nurse colleagues, Happy Nurses Month & Mental Health Awareness Month! I can think of no better time to celebrate the diversity found in our membership. According to the APNA PMH Nursing Workforce Initiative , our profession encompasses nurses of varied backgrounds serving in diverse roles in a myriad of settings. We each bring an important and unique perspective to our united commitment to advancing whole health. And it is when we bring these perspectives together that important shifts in understanding happen, ultimately making us better PMH nurses for those we serve and making us truly strong together. ...
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Education Advancement in Singapore

By jasen roy posted 04-07-2023
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One of the Southeast Asian countries that have become the epicenter of education in the world is Singapore. The country, with its development in infrastructure and modern technology, has made education easy and one that trains students perfectly. The nation has also set up several universities and colleges that have gained quite a reputation in the past few years. Some subjects that the students have constantly chosen are medical sciences, hospitality studies, hotel management, business studies, design, and other such unique fields. The nation has proven to the world with its high-quality education that it has the potential to make one's life good. The students ...
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The Nursing Profession as a Full Partner with other Disciplines in Healthcare Reform

By Michael Polacek posted 04-04-2023
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Nurses have opinions and are unhesitant about sharing them. To be a nurse requires an elevated level of clinical and emotional intelligence together with strong internal motivation, which is expressed through advocacy for injustice and the protection of the vulnerable. While some may restrain the practice of nursing in the hospital and other clinical environments, the power of nursing must also be exerted to influence healthcare policy if there is any hope of reform. Although this notion is not new, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) found that for various reasons, the nursing profession was simply not performing to its full capacity as a keystone discipline in ...
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APNA Member for the Month of March

By Michaela Hogan posted 03-31-2023
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Each month, the Research Council Steering Committee features an APNA member. This month, we are featuring: Brenda J. Johnston, DNP, PMHNP, PMHCNS! I have been an RN for 37 years and a PMHNP since 2008. My background includes emergency, and forensic nursing. I developed the Forensic Nursing Program at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Virginia in 1998. My work with victims of trauma prompted my decision to become a PMHNP because so many of my patients struggled with mental illness. I graduated in 2014 with a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree from George Mason University. My DNP practice improvement project (PIP) centered ...
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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing references for the Child and Adolescent Populations!

By Natalie Centurioni posted 03-30-2023
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Hello, I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share references they use for best practice nursing care (and communication tips) for the child and adolescent population in the inpatient setting?
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Featured Article: Factors associated with psychosocial illness impact among Black/African American and Hispanic older women living with HIV

By Michaela Hogan posted 03-10-2023
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Each month, the Research and Scholarship Council features an article written by an APNA member. This month we are featuring an article published in JAPNA by Dr.Giovanna De Oliveira titled, Factors associated with psychosocial illness impact among Black/African American and Hispanic older women living with HIV. Article Highlights: • This is among the first studies examining the factors associated with HIV psychosocial illness impact among Black/African American and Hispanic older women living with HIV. • A sample of 138 Black/African American and Hispanic older women reported that higher levels of avoidant coping, depressive symptoms, ...
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Cold Call for Preceptor in Los Angeles

By Michelle Devile posted 02-09-2023
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Hello everyone! My name is Michelle, starting the summer I am going to be needing a preceptor for my PMHNP program so I am on the look out for anyone who may be interested in doing so. I’m currently a MSN student at Duke. Our program is both distance based and in-person for specific workshops/evaluations. Previous to being a psych nurse I was working in critical care (PICU). I’m currently working as a psych nurse in a hospital on the west side in Los Angeles that primarily caters to underserved populations. There are only a couple of NPs/psych MDs that I would want to model my future work after- and they are consequently already swamped with students until ...
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Seeking Volunteers to Serve on PMHNP Advisory Board

By LuAnn Etcher posted 01-27-2023
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The Dr. Susan L. Davis, RN and Richard J. Henley College of Nursing at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT seeks interested psychiatric mental-health nurses, including nurse practitioners to serve on their PMHNP Advisory Board as the college launches its online psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program in August 2023. This is a remote, volunteer opportunity to serve solely in an advisory capacity to the Dean of the College of Nursing in supporting and promoting the development of this new specialty. The first priority of the board will be to serve as content and clinical experts to provide professional commentary and a national perspective on ...
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APNA Member for the Month of January

By Karen Jennings Mathis posted 01-09-2023
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Each month, the Research Council Steering Committee features an APNA member. This month, we are featuring JENNIFER L. BARKIN, M.S., Ph.D ! How is your research or project relevant? I am a University of Pittsburgh-trained epidemiologist and biostatistician and am currently on faculty (Professor, tenured) at the Mercer University School of Medicine; my post-doctoral work was conducted at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) where I developed the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF), a 20-item self-report measure of postpartum maternal functioning. Specifically, the BIMF was designed to supplement screening ...
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Suicide prevention while in inpatient setting

By Christoper Fisher posted 11-27-2022
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A 2023 Hospital National Patient Safety Goal is to reduce the risk of suicide (The Joint Commission, 2022). Suicide is a tragedy that affects the entire world and all levels of society. It does not discriminate against race, religion, sexuality, wealth, or education. In the hospital many patients are overlooked because they do not present as a psychiatric patient. There are several interventions that we can do to reach this goal. Health Care Providers (HCP) must do a better job screening and identifying patients that are at risk for suicide. We also need to improve our interpersonal relationship skills to build trusting relationships with patients and make suicide ...
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Outpatient Employment opportunity in Staten Island, NY

By Linda Paradiso posted 11-21-2022
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Richmond University Medical Center St. George Clinic Full-Time , Day Shift , Mon-Fri 8:30a-4:30p The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for performing psychiatric evaluations and providing ongoing medication management. Facilitate ongoing behavioral health services for clients, individual and family support, psychopharmacology assessments, medication monitoring and management, behavioral assessments and monitoring, education regarding medication, side effects and behavioral health resources. Maintain all required paperwork and documentation necessary including clinically appropriate and timely. Communicate and ...
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Attention Pittsburgh Area PMHNPs

By Cynthia Rost posted 11-18-2022
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Duquesne University School of Nursing is proud to announce its newest program: Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. We are currently recruiting PMHNP preceptors for our three clinical courses. Preceptors can serve from 125 hours up to 225 hours in inpatient or outpatient settings. Clinical courses focus on attention and mood disorders, group and family therapy, and attachment, thought, and cognition disorders. Experience across the lifespan is welcome. The SON offers an attractive Preceptor Perks package for practitioners who serve. Please email DuqGradNursing@duq.edu for more information or to sign up. Thank you for your kind consideration, Cindy ...
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Thoughts & Condolences

By Chizimuzo Okoli posted 11-03-2022
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Dear Colleagues, The APNA community mourns the tragic loss of June Onkundi, North Carolina PMH-NP and APNA member. My deepest condolences go out to June’s family, friends, co-workers, and her APNA colleagues for this devastating loss. An event like this may hit close to home for many of us. Considerations of safety are often at the forefront for psychiatric-mental health nurses - cultivating safe environments, keeping patients safe, keeping ourselves and our colleagues safe. Workplace violence is still a significant issue in health care, one of great concern to us as psychiatric-mental health nurses. In the APNA Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Workforce ...
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Preceptor needed for PMHNP student in Virginia

By Elethia Moore posted 10-31-2022
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Hello. I am a very well rounded psychiatric registered nurse currently working for two CSBs in the state of Virginia. I am in need of preceptors in the Northern Virginia and/or Richmond area but I am willing to travel within a 150-mile radius. I currently work for REACH, Emergency Services, and have ACT experience and will start my clinicals in January. I am a full time DNP student at Regis College with an anticipated graduation date of August 2023. I need a total of 450 hours spread throughout two 16-week terms which can include 300 of telehealth hours. The hours can be in Adult, Gerontology, or Pediatrics. I can adjust my schedule to meet the needs of the preceptor ...
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Looking for preceptor in the Inland Empire CA for PMHNP program.

By Meena Kakar posted 10-30-2022
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I'm an ER and Psych nurse working on my PMHNP license. I start my preceptorship in January of 2023. I will need a total of 500 hours, with my first term needing 100. I'm looking for a PMHNP, MD, or DO board certified in psychiatry or a psychologist. Appropriate settings include inpatient psychiatric units, outpatient psychiatric practices, and dual-treatment psychiatric facilities. Please send any referrals my way. Thank you. 714-2zerozero-533zero linkedin.com/in/meenakp-rn
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