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Honoring PMH Nursing Excellence Each year, through the APNA Annual Awards, we celebrate psychiatric-mental health nurses who inspire us with their excellence and dedication to our profession. This year, we are pleased to honor the following members who are leaders, visionaries, scientists, and much more, but who are first and foremost PMH nurses: Mary Ann Nihart MA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC APNA Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse of the Year   Mary Moller DNP, ARNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, CPRP, FAAN Award for Distinguished Service   Margaret Halter, PhD, APRN Award for Excellence in Leadership - Advanced   Anne Kelly, RN Award for Excellence in Leadership - Generalist   Pamela Marcus, RN, APRN, PMH-BC Award for Excellence in Practice - Advanced   Martin Bosch, RN Award for Excellence in Practice - RN PMH   Brenda Marshall, EdD, NP-BC Award for Excellence in Education   Karen Farchaus Stein, PhD, RN, FAAN Award for Excellence in Research   Nidhi Chabora, APRN, RX, BC Award for Innovation - Individual APNA Pennsylvania Chapter Award for Innovation - Chapter The recipients will be recognized at the APNA 26th Annual Conference during the opening program. Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2012 APNA Annual Awards! Read the Press Release   .

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Recipients of the 2010 Annual Awards. Six very deserving individuals and one outstanding chapter were honored at the APNA 24th Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.  In 2010, the recipients were honored at various times throughout the conference.

2016 APNA Board of Directors Student Scholars Prelicensure/Undergraduate Nazokat Atadjanova Medical University of South Carolina Amanda Baecker Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University Joseph Beeman University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Maila Bezerra York University of North Carolina Wilmington School of Nursing Nicole Boydston Samuel Merritt University, San Francisco Peninsula Campus Jeremy DiBiasio Rhode Island College Rachel Hendron University of Iowa Brayden Kameg University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Hannah Long Purdue University Cecilia Lopez University of Texas Megan Mehicic Kent State University, Geauga Campus Leslie Miller Decker School of Nursing Binghamton University Emily Rude University of Virginia School of Nursing Cole Upton University of Cincinnati College of Nursing Eleanor Walsh University of South Carolina College of Nursing Graduate Lindsay Anderson University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Jeanette Avery East Carolina University College of Nursing Bailie Cronin The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Nursing Dallas Ducar University of Virginia School of Nursing Kathy Hunter Wayne State University Manton Hurd University of California, San Francisco Deborah Johnson University of Arizona Sooksai Kaewbua University of Kentucky, College of Nursing Jenna Levenson Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Jentina Mitchell MGH Institute of Health Professions Valerie Rice Vanderbilt University Aaron Salinas University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Alenna Smith The Ohio State University Ann Stanton University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Nursing Douglas Taylor Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences     2015 APNA Board of Directors Student Scholars Prelicensure/Undergraduate Cassandra Arpin University of Connecticut Hannah Chau University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Juliette Marcello University of Cincinnati Allison McLeod University of Massachusetts, Amherst Emma Olson University of California, San Francisco Jordan Reynolds Georgia State University Jessica Rhea Mercer University Ryan Stevens University of Massachusetts, Lowell Brent Tyhuis Pacific Lutheran University Carmen White Wichita State University Graduate Napoleon DeVeyra University of California, San Francisco Jennifer Frisbie University of Illinois at Chicago Nicola Keeth University of Missouri, Columbia Theresa Lesniak Northeastern University Khadejah Mahmoud University of Pittsburgh Tara Mariolis University of Massachusetts, Amherst Kathleen McDermott California State University, Fullerton Jessica Walker Vanderbilt University Kati Wijdenes University of Arizona Brandi Williams University of Minnesota     2014 APNA Board of Directors Student Scholars Undergraduate Marissa DeCesaris University of Pennsylvania Rashika Kaushik La Salle University Stephanie Kroot Ivy Tech Community College (Columbus) Melissa Mathis University of Louisville Iris Mayoral University of Pennsylvania Abigail Peck University of Kentucky College of Nursing Lisa Seng University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Meghan Sullivan Yale University School of Nursing Laura Wells MacMurray College Jessica Williams Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Graduate Jennifer Barut Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Jaime Biava Yale School of Nursing Margaret Burchianti University of Iowa College of Nursing Rebecca Dorsey Vanderbilt University Valeria Dworkowitz Rutgers School of Nursing Josephine Igwacho East Tennessee State University Amber Marts University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Yvette Rose Governors State University Colette Warden University of California, San Francisco     2013 APNA Board of Directors Student Scholars Undergraduate Kayla Albright Georgia College and State University Thibaut de Roos University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Joseph Griffey Northern Illinois University Heather Jackson University of Rochester Meredith Jaggers Purdue University Amanda Jilovec Mount Mercy University Leah Okoth University of Tennessee Health Science Center Katie Stansfield Brigham Young University Zachary Switzer University of North Carolina - Wilmington Alysha Woods Point Loma Nazarene University Graduate Jane Abanes Vanderbilt University Brenda Burnett University of Iowa Karen Corcoran Fairfield University Michelle Jacobs Boston College Dorothy Jordan University of Tennessee Health Science Center Chau Le Samuel Merritt University Adrial Lobelo Wilkes University Lindsey Manzel University of Nebraska Medical Center Jennifer Schneider University of Rochester Jon Sugarman Rutgers College     2012 APNA Student Scholars Undergraduate Nathanial Anderson Southern Utah University Alexandra Baker Jacksonville University Christina Bello Hope College Cathryn Elizabeth Burley Texas State University Kristin Carr University of Minnesota Sarah Collins University of Texas Medical Branch Beth Corcoran University of Florida Amber Gamel Chemeketa Community College Amalia Gedney University of Iowa Abbey Knur Northern Illinois University Ryoko Pentecost Boise State University Harpreet Singh-Gill Marquette University Caitlyn Stein University of Mary Jennifer Suarez Oregon Health Science University, Monmouth Emily Weyler Emory University Graduate Lisa Ann Chavis University of Louisiana at Lafayette Erin De Guzman University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Jessica DiNisco Vanderbilt University Carly Enders Vanderbilt University Erik Lee Samuel Merritt University Adam Margolis University of Tennessee Health Science Center Suzanne Medina DeSales University Kosuke Niitsu University of Nebraska Medical Center Elvira Maria Pertega Andia New York University Shannon Richmond University of Pennsylvania Laura Romano Rutgers University Melinda Roth Illinois State University Monique Sawyer Arizona State University Cynthia Wilborn University of Tennessee Health Science Center Kathy Wright University of Utah   2011 APNA Student Scholars Undergraduate Megan Copel Villanova University Miranda Dobe The College of St. Scholastica Natalie Fluent University of Michigan Emily Hoppe Johns Hopkins University Christina Jolley University of Pittsburgh Kristen Kichefski Rhode Island College Amy LaValla Minnesota State University, Moorhead Michelle Leibach Carlow University Kelly Mrzyglod Mercy College of Northwest Ohio Samantha Paradis University of Maine Christina Peters Purdue University Charmaine Platon University of California, Irvine Natalie Speagle University of North Carolina, Charlotte Breanne Starks Pacific Lutheran University Candace Wellborn University of North Carolina, Wilmington Graduate Becky Austin-Morris University of Kansas Danielle Bertram Wichita State University Sandra Brooks Vanderbilt University Linda Cabage University of Tennessee Tamara Cafaro Rutgers College Lauren Fiola Yale University Amanda Schuh (Krohn) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Brenda Kucirka Widener University Tammi Plantan University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Deb Rush Gonzaga University Jody Sokoloff MGH Institute of Health Professions Debbie Stevens Emory University Mary Stolder University of Iowa Justin White University of Utah Christine Williamitis University of Tennessee Health Science Center   2010 APNA Student Scholars Undergraduate Fayomi Agboola Azusa Pacific University Samantha Brattin University of Missouri Christine Kinslow AMH Dixon School of Nursing Aparna Kumar University of Pennsylvania Courtney Lee University of Iowa Annie Mascorro Johns Hopkins University Arkady Millard Minnesota State University Moorhead Laura Mitchell Johns Hopkins University Jennifer Oh University of Iowa Grace Olamijulo Hope College Katherine Polefko Ursuline College Nicole Que Mount St. Mary's College Sheila Rainey Indiana Weselyan University, Cleveland Viviana Saez Seminole State College of Florida Neelam Sims Linfield College Graduate Sunhee Cho Hunter College, CUNY Katherine Darling UTHSC, Memphis TN Nicholas Guenzel University of Nebraska Medical Center Irma Jordan UTHSC, Memphis TN Sandra Lavelle University Of Akron Chao-Yin Li University of Washington Megan Liu University of Iowa Vanessa Long University of Alabama at Birmingham Macey Luo University of Hawaii-Manoa Ukamaka Oruche Indiana University Kerry Parsons Shenandoah University Nicole Rozek Brodrick University of Minnesota Rebecca Schroeder Regis College Janet Somlyay Arizona State University Laura Withorne-Maloney South Dakota State University   2009 APNA Student Scholars Undergraduate Ebony Anderson North Dakota State University Maureen Bradley New York University Courtney Dewart Indiana University Tranika Eaton Medical College of Georgia Brittany Evans University of Louisville Alexis Krieger Rockhurst University/Research College of Nursing Elizabeth Leppert Virginia Commonwealth University Magdalena Majcher-Tascio New York University Margaret Ashley McLaughlin Virginia Commonwealth University Sarah Miner University of Wisconsin-Madison Melissa Morris Medical College of Georgia Erin O'Reilly Valparaiso University Gia Santoro Yale School of Nursing Melanie Singh Catholic University of America Megan Walsh University of Scranton Graduate Alan Amberg DePaul University Marco Belluardo-Crosby University of Massachusetts Susan Blaakman University of Rochester Dannette Eveloff University of Nebraska Medical Center Sally Hough Ohio State University Donna Rolin New York University Jason Lai Ohio State University Carol Marchetti Boston College Andretta Randall Immaculata University Rita Ray-Mihm University of Minnesota Brandon Respress Case Western Reserve University Stephanie Rodriguez University of California at San Francisco Joyce Sasse Creighton University Patricia Sayre Pace University Nancy Wolf University of Alabama Birmingham     2008 APNA Student Scholars Undergraduate Mary Brockman Mid-State Technical College Joseph Bullock University of North Alabama Sandra Cassidy Essex County College Ariana Chao Boston College Jennifer Engel Boston College Denise Fairbank New Hampshire Technical Institute Sarah Gysbers Mesa State College Marissa Lepore Adelphi University ShanaRae Lim Hawaii Pacific University Salma Mansour University of Akron Stacie Pouh Mid-State Technical College Sarah Struebig Mid-State Technical College Tyler Watkins Maricopa Community College Jennifer Wilson University of Pennsylvania Pai-Han Arthur Yeh California State University, Los Angeles Graduate Susan Barker Kent State University Bonnie D'Souza University of Iowa Ana Duarte University of Maryland Julia Jaskwhich Medical University of South Carolina Sarah Levine Yale University Sarah MacLaurin Boston College Michael O'Connor University of Massachusetts Lowell Shi Wei Ong University of California, San Francisco Brian Pollock Vanderbilt University Judy Risko Kent State University Martha Root Northeastern University Julia Smith Ohio State University Yasemin Turkman Yale University Bradley Why University of Virginia Tory Woodard Vanderbilt University   2007 APNA Student Scholars Undergraduate  Victoria Albertus Gina Bourgeous Joseph Burds Kelly Ann Campbell Klava Caras Rebecca Hancock Jessica Jester Chanda Knelsen Alan Lopez Tahira Memon Kathryn Meunier Kate Parziale Jane Pressman Natalia Ramirez Margaret Wilkinson Graduate Winola Amodio-Burkhart Frances Ballard Della Derscheid Kelley Edds Margaret Grady Susan Griffin Michael Hasselberg Anna Hume Gisli Kristofersson R.

APNA Psychiatric Nurse of the Year APNA Distinguished Service Award APNA Award for Innovation-Individual APNA Award for Innovation-Chapter APNA Award for Media APNA Award for Excellence in Practice-APRN APNA Award for Excellence in Practice-RN APNA Award for Excellence in Research APNA Award for Excellence in Leadership-RN APNA Award for Excellence in Leadership-Advanced APNA Award for Excellence in Education APNA Congressional Award Best Practices Awards   APNA Psychiatric Nurse of the Year 2016: Barbara Jones Warren, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FNAP, FAAN 2015: Kathleen Delaney, PhD, PMH-NP, RN 2014: Katherine Baltazar, PMHNP 2013: Jocelyn Perez BSN, RN, MA 2012: Mary Ann Nihart, MA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC 2011: Barbara L. Drew PhD, PMHCNS-BC 2010: Kathleen Buckwalter , PhD, RN, FAAN 2009: Marlene Nadler-Moodie, MSN, APRN, PMHCNS-BC 2008: Kevin Huckshorn, RN, MSN, RCADC 2007:  Lynn DeLacy, PhD, RN, CNAA 2006: Kris A. McLoughlin, MSN, APRN, BC, CSAC 2005: Judith Haber, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN 2004: Kevin Gournay 2003: Dorothy E.

  2014 Robin Osterman, PhD, RNC-OB, CNS University of Cincinnati College of Nursing Alcohol Use Biomarkers in Pregnant Methadone Users Choochart Wong-Anuchit, PhD(c), RN Saint Louis University School of Nursing A Meta-analysis of Motivational Interviewing in People with Severe Mental Illness   2013 Marian J. Hardwick, MS, RN University of South Florida, School of Nursing Accelerated Resolution Therapy for PTSD and Sleep Disturbance Kerry Peterson, DNP, PMHCNS, PMHNP Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing Evaluation of Two Dating Violence Prevention Programs on a College Campus 2012 Esther Meerwijk, PhD(c), RN University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing Heart rate variability and frontal EEG asymmetry as markers of psychological pain. Andrea Warner Stidham, PhD, RN Kent State University The Relationship of PostTraumatic Growth to Depressive Symptoms and Physical Health in Spouses of U.

APNA offers awards, recognition, and scholarships each year to practicing, teaching, and aspiring psychiatric-mental health nurses. Click on the links below to learn more about how we recognize exceptional members of the psychiatric-mental health nursing field: APNA Annual Awards The APNA Annual Awards recognize APNA members who demonstrate excellence in psychiatric-mental health nursing practice, education, research, leadership, community efforts, and more. 2017 APNA Annual Awards Recipients Past APNA Annual Awards Recipients APNA Board of Directors Student Scholarship Through this program, the APNA Board of Directors provides graduate and undergraduate students interested in psychiatric-mental health nursing with registration, travel and lodging expenses to attend the APNA Annual Conference, one year complimentary membership in the APNA, and numerous opportunities for mentorship and networking.

Ensuring the Future: The APNA Research Grant program aids scientific research and contributions which add to the knowledge and practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing. This year, APNA will assisting three members in their research or evidence-based project with a grant to support their work.   Jenna Brager, MS, BSN-RN Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Digital Technologies for Strengthening Parenting In her research, Brager will explore the efficacy of the electronic Chicago Parent Program (eCPP), determining how parents perceive, use, and benefit from mobile interventions with regard to behavioral health promotion.

SHINE A LIGHT ON PMH NURSE EXCELLENCE ANNOUNCING THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2017 APNA ANNUAL AWARDS! The APNA Annual Awards recognize APNA members who demonstrate excellence in psychiatric-mental health nursing practice, education, research, leadership, community efforts, and more. This year's recipients will be recognized in person at the APNA 31st Annual Conference, online and in communications throughout the year. Jaclene A.

DESCRIPTION The APNA Psychiatric Nurse of the Year Award recognizes an APNA member who demonstrates vision, perseverance, dedication, initiative and facilitation in the delivery of mental health services to individuals, families and their communities. The individual must have been a member of APNA for at least two years.   CRITERIA Demonstrates vision in providing creative solutions.

American Psychiatric Nurses association Research Grants The American Psychiatric Nurses Association Research Grants program provides funding to enhance scientific contributions that advance the knowledge and practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing. This year, we are accepting proposals in two categories: Category 1: Research studies to generate new knowledge to advance psychiatric mental health nursing Category 2: Evidence-based practice change or quality improvement projects to apply evidence to practice Funded by the APNA Foundation Committee, these awards are intended to seed new investigators who are beginning their scholarly careers and vary from $1,000 - $10,000 per award. Priority will be given to investigators who are early in their careers and who have not previously had major intra- or extramural funding.

APNA Board of Directors Student Scholarship Call for Applications This program both encourages students to join the psychiatric-mental health nursing profession and develops new leaders for the organization. Each year, nursing students are invited to apply (and faculty are invited to nominate one or more students from their school) for the APNA Board of Directors Student Scholarships. These scholarships include: Registration, travel, and lodging expenses to attend the APNA 32nd Annual Conference, October 24-27, 2018 in Columbus, Ohio One year complimentary membership in the APNA.