This Month’s For You

You. Are. Amazing. This Nurses Month and Mental Health Awareness Month I am in awe of the difference you make in the many lives you touch – those in your care, your colleagues, and your communities. You stand alongside them on their journeys, helping to foster their resilience and strength.

As you give of yourself, it’s important you have evidence-based resources to support your professional well-being, sharpen the care you provide, and get refreshed among your fellow nurses:

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An Interprofessional Approach to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatric Nursing – to help you navigate this emerging tool while maintaining your high quality of care.

Supporting Nurses to be Resilient and Navigate Secondary Traumatic Stress in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting – to sustain your resilience through systemic safeguards in your setting.

🎉The APNA Report: Addressing Key Threats to PMH Nurse Well-Being was created for you. It breaks down why your well-being is a systemic issue, offers practical recommendations for organizations, and explains how these adjustments positively impact workforce and patient care.

🎉Events like the APNA Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute this June and the APNA 40th Annual Conference this October in Phoenix (program coming soon!) allow us to discover fresh ideas along with cutting-edge techniques in the company of new friends who share our professional values and love what we do.

I’m so proud to serve alongside you. This month is for you – the psychiatric-mental health nurse. You give so much of yourself through innovative treatment, therapeutic approaches, and consideration of the whole person, not just a diagnosis. I’m so grateful that you are part of my APNA family!

Allyson Matney Neal, DNP, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, PNP
APNA President

Published May, 2026