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 24th Annual Conference
October 13-16, 2010
Louisville, KY
Earn up to 26.5 contact hours!

APNA 8th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute
Coming in August - 13 Archived webinars from this year's CPI sessions.
Earn up to 22 contact hours!

2009 CPI Online
Online CE - 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
Contact hours for these issues have expired. Look for a Counseling Points series on Tobacco Dependence soon!

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

Other Educational Opportunities
Includes free vodcasts, podcasts, information about reciprocal conference rates and more!

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.