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Sattaria ‘Tari’ Dilks, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, LPC
Sharon R. Katz, FPMH-APRN, CRNP
Michael J. Rice, Ph.D. APRN-NP, FAAN
Amy J. Rushton, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Sattaria ‘Tari’ Dilks, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, LPC
PRESENT POSITION
Co-coordinator Graduate Program
Associate Professor, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
EDUCATION
BSN West Texas State University 1978 Nursing
MA McNeese State University 1988 Psychology
MSN McNeese State University 2001 Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner
DNP University of Tennessee 2006 Family Psych NP
APNA CONTRIBUTIONS
2013 Scholarly Review Committee (SRC) Chair for 2013 after being a committee member for several years | Co-chair of the Advanced Practice RN Council | Graduate Education Council and the Education Steering Committee | Member of the APNA Taskforce on LACE implementation | Selected as a 2006 Janssen Scholar | President of APNA Louisiana for two years and the past president last year.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Psychiatric nurse since 1975 in various roles including: staff nurse, nurse manager, director of nursing, program director for an adolescent psychiatric inpatient program, practicing as a LPC, teaching psychiatric nursing at the BSN and MSN levels, and currently have a part time private practice | Recipient of AANPs NP Award for Excellence in Practice in Louisiana in 2011 and am scheduled to be inducted by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as a Fellow in June 2013 | Currently the president of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners, after serving nine years on the Board of Directors, and am actively involved in moving forward legislation specifically involving mental health care in the state of Louisiana, as well as issues impacting general health care, APRNs and access to care | Direct the Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing track within a consortium of four universities in Louisiana and I am the co-coordinator of graduate nursing | Trained approximately fifty APRNs that provide treatment for the psychiatrically underserved population in our state. I continue to focus on improvement in the curriculum that embraces the vision of the future of psychiatric nursing and emerging health care trends.
APNA MEMBERS SHOULD VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE: APNA has been a wonderful resource to me and I want to continue to help it grow as the premier psychiatric nursing organization in the United States. My vision includes continuing working in collaboration with other organizations for the advancement of psychiatric nursing at both the staff and advanced practice levels. I have particular interest in legislative issues that impact the delivery of care to the psychiatric patient populations we serve on the state and national level. Psychiatric nursing has to be present at the table to advocate for our patients and our profession. I am a strong advocate for APNAs core values of empowerment, inclusivity, integrity, collegiality, innovation, transparency and stewardship. I ask for your support in allowing me to serve APNA at a national level.
HOW I CAN HELP FULFILL APNA’S PURPOSE AS A SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION: As an educator for psychiatric nursing students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, I know the power of research and how it adds to the science of psychiatric nursing. One of my goals as SRC chair has been to work towards the inclusion of educational content at our conference that embraces all levels of psychiatric nursing, and have encouraged the continued development of an attitude of lifelong learning within all psychiatric nurses.
Sharon R. Katz, FPMH-APRN, CRNP
PRESENT POSITION
Owner and Executive Director: Collaborative Care of Abington (1995-present) | Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse: Collaborative Care of Abington (1995-present) - 16 clinician mental health practice. | Owner and Executive Director: Collaborative Care Inc., fostering integrated mental health roles in medical settings.
EDUCATION
2011: Post Masters Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner: University of Pennsylvania
1991: Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy, Family Institute of Philadelphia (AAMFT)
1987: MSN: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
1982: BSN: American University, Washington DC
APNA CONTRIBUTIONS
Regional Representative for Pennsylvania Chapter of APNA | President of the PA State Chapter. | Member of the APNA/ISPN Task Force on Implementation of the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: LACE | Presented at multiple National and State APNA conferences on topics revolving around my clinical expertise in integrated mental health in a variety of settings, business of psychiatric nursing, and MINDFUL CARE a model of psychiatric nursing.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Served as the Psychiatric Nurse representative on Magellan Healthcare Southeast Care Management Provider Review Committee from 2003 to present. | Participate in community, consumer and family based organizations. As a mother of a developmentally disabled child (now 25!), I was an early leader in developing a regional support network for the Angelman Syndrome Foundation (1992-2002), co-chaired their national conference (1997), and assisted growth in establishing consistent walkathons and fundraising efforts while my husband was President (2004-2008). The walks are now in 31 cities and raise approximately 1 million dollars each year for research. | Served on the Southeastern Pennsylvania Mental Health Association Board of Directors (2009-2011) until returning for my Post Masters. | Recently invited to join a local NAMI sponsored Board of Directors for the New Directions Bipolar and Mood Disorders Support Group (2012-present). | Have owned a Psychiatric Mental Health group practice since 1995. This practice is based on the scope of practice of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse.
APNA MEMBERS SHOULD VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE: I am a clinician, advocate, clinical director, organizational participant and entrepreneur that understand the roles of the CNS and NP in health care. As an APRN, having demonstrated both the CNS and Psych NP roles I recognized the transition and educational issues that we all face. My knowledge of health care reform and integrated mental health is extensive. My clinical work in my practice as well as my community has illuminated an understanding of the people’s needs, as well as the need for stronger professional roles of psychiatric nurses in hospitals, outpatient and integrated settings.
HOW I CAN HELP FULFILL APNA’S PURPOSE AS A SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION: After working on the LACE commission, I demonstrated the core value of the commission by returning for my Post Masters and now work with the combined role. The core values of APNA are seen in all my work commitments: the development of a modern clinical model, development of the Collaborative Care Program opening up the role of APRN integrated into medical settings. Developing and advocating for psychiatric nurses will increase research sites and develop new roles for the profession. APNA has a larger role in creating awareness of innovative research and clinical applications impacting mental health consumers and their families.
Michael J. Rice, Ph.D. APRN-NP, FAAN
PRESENT POSITION
College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Professor Psychiatric Nursing
EDUCATION
College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Ph.D. 12/88
College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska M.S.N. 12/76
Mount Marty College B.S.N. 12/74
APNA CONTRIBUTIONSI have served as an APNA Board Member at Large, Grant Reviewer for the American Psychiatric Nurses Foundation, a member of the Editorial Review Board for JAPNA, Column Editor and author of Evidence Based Psychiatric Care in JAPNA, APNA's committee’s on constructing a National Board Certification Exam, Advanced Practice Manual Steering Committee, Advanced Practice Committee, state Legislative Committees, Task Force on Patient Outcomes, President (2 terms) of the Washington Psychiatric Nurses Association and Board of Directors Washington Chapter. I have also represented APNA externally as an APNA representative on License, Accreditation Certification Education (LACE) Committee, APNA representative on the National Task Force of Clinical Hours for Combined PMH CNS and NP Programs, and as an APNA Expert for the Logical Job Analysis with ANCC.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
I am an experienced psychiatric APRN. In my career I have been a psychiatric nurse tech, staff nurse, unit charge nurse, nursing supervisor, department administrator, CNS and NP researcher and educator. I have an understanding of psychiatric nursing and its role in mental health care and policy. I have directed, worked and consulted on a total of eight funded HRSA projects using distance technologies. I am currently the Associate Director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) a state legislative mandate receiving $1.5 million annually to use technology for interprofessional education. My HRSA funded project “Medically In need Rural Area” (MIRA) won 2002 EDUCAUSE award for Excellence in Application of Technology and 2003 award for Best Paper in Industry and Corporate Training from the International Institute of Informatics. I also serve as the chair of the system wide UNMC committee on Social Media in Higher Education and the National and Board of Advisors for Spyglass Consulting, focused on emerging health care technology.
APNA MEMBERS SHOULD VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE: As an involved APNA member, I am familiar with the membership and organization. I am experienced in several APNA initiatives and can represent member’s interests. I a proven track record and a willingness to work hard for the membership.
HOW I CAN HELP FULFILL APNA’S PURPOSE AS A SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION: I am a committed psychiatric nurse who believes in the collective wisdom of psychiatric nurses. I have a strong work ethic, am goal oriented and have high expectations of myself. I believe that new methods of communication make us a tighter community and give us a more unified voice toward achieving APNA’s goals using the best options and thoughts of the membership. I believe in in being visible and standing up to be counted for what APNA believes in, active listening and balancing well thought out positions with action and sustained commitment to those beliefs.
Amy J. Rushton, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC
PRESENT POSITION
Chief Nurse Executive, Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Falls Church, VA
EDUCATION
1998: Masters of Science in Nursing, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
1994: Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Minor in Sociology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
APNA CONTRIBUTIONS
I have served as an APNA Board Member at Large 2011-2013, Chaired the APNA Nominating Committee 2007-2008, Co-Chaired the 2007 APNA Seclusion and Restraint Task Force, Co-Chair for APNA Institute for Safe Environments 2008-2011, member of the APNA Scholarly Review Committee 2009-2013, member of the Planning Committee for APNA Annual Conference 2006 – 2008.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
I have been a practicing registered nurse since 1994 and an ANCC certified APRN in psychiatry since 1998. I have worked in a variety of roles and settings: staff nurse, charge nurse, nurse supervisor, therapist in private practice, Director of Continuing Education for APNA, and nurse administrator. My current position is Chief Nurse Executive at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, a state run inpatient psychiatric facility in Northern Virginia. I am also the Director of the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute’s Regional Community Support Center, which is dedicated to the safety of consumers, families and service providers, the elimination of the need for coercion and the use of seclusion and restraint, the full integration of trauma-informed care in all care settings, positive partnerships between consumers and service providers and healing treatments that inspire hope and make recovery possible for all individuals.
APNA MEMBERS SHOULD VOTE FOR ME BECAUSE: I have been honored to have served as an APNA board member for the past two years. The opportunities I have been offered in my nursing career have landed me in a great position to be able to continue offer some unique perspectives to APNA. My varied experiences in psychiatric nursing has allowed me to have a broad view of psychiatric nursing and has provided me with an awareness of what the current challenges are that face psychiatric mental health nurses today. I have been actively involved with APNA for almost 15 years as a member, an employee and most recently a board member. I would like to continue my service and dedication to APNA and to the advancement and promotion of psychiatric nursing. I am experienced in developing working relationships to achieve common goal.
HOW I CAN HELP FULFILL APNA’S PURPOSE AS A SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION ORGANIZATION: I am committed to the implementation of APNA’s strategic plan. All aspects of psychiatric nursing need to be topics of discussion at every table locally and nationally. All psychiatric nurses need to be able to speak about the issues that affect our nurses and the populations we serve. Continuing to bring high quality educational products to our members is germane to strengthening our voice as experts and leaders in psychiatric- mental health nursing. Helping to identify APNA thought leaders within our membership and continuing to promote APNA’s tools, such as the Mentor Match Program, will continue to enhance leadership development and advance a culture of mentorship within nursing and within APNA.
