APNA holds two national conferences each year, the CPI Conference in June and the Annual Conference in October. The association also tries to make available as many continuing education opportunities to its members as possible. This area of the site organizes these offerings into one place. Click on the links below to learn more about each exciting program in psychiatric mental health nursing.

APNA 8th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute
June 25-27, 2010
Earn up to 22 contact hours!

2009 CPI Online
12 Archived webinars from the 7th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute sessions.
Each session: 1.5 contact hours!

APNA Webinars
Sessions available for contact hours, all online!

Counseling Points - Caring for Patients with ADHD Across the Lifespan
3 Issues - 1 contact hour per issue
 - Issue 1 = open to anyone
 - Issues 2 & 3 = open only to APNA members

APNA 24th Annual Conference
October 13-16, 2010
Louisville, KY
Participants at the 2009 conference earned up to 29.5 contact hours!

Distance and Online CE Offerings
A listing of online courses and other continuing education opportunities available online.

Reciprocal Conference Rates
APNA has negotiated a reciprocal member rate for the 26th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). This conference is to be held in Washington D.C. from Sat. Nov. 21 through Mon. Nov. 23, 2009 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Click here to download a special registration form for APNA members. Click here for more information about the conference.

APNA Powerpoints
Here you will find best practices and other presentations done by APNA members at previous conferences and events.


The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.