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APNA Announcements

APNA 35th Annual Conference (October 13-16 Virtual) Evaluations Deadline November 26. To ensure the safety of attendees, the October conference was held virtually and the original virtual event planned for December has been cancelled.
Free CE of the Month & Additional Free Session in Honor of Veterans Day: Five free sessions are available to APNA members through the end of this month.

Featured News & Publications

Announcement News

CMS Authorizes Permanent Telemental Health Coverage & More

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, effective January 1, 2022, telemental health from patients' homes and ...

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JAPNA President's Message

November/December Board of Directors’ Column

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Activating Our Voices—Who We Are, What We Do, What We Need...

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Announcement News

Update: FDA and Clozapine Risk Evaluation Mitigation & Evaluation Strategy Program

In late July, the FDA approved modifications to the Clozapine REMS program with a final implementation date of November 15. ...

Announcement Events

December 1 SMI Adviser Clozapine & LAI Virtual Forum

The Clozapine & LAI Virtual Forum features a new peer-to-peer discussion each month! Drop in and be part ...

Advocacy

November 18, 2021, APNA signed onto a letter to the FDA expressing concerns about the implementation of the New Clozapine ...

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APNA News Members’ CornerPresident's Message

November 2021 APNA President’s Message

The Time is Now to Activate Our Voices! APNA President Leslie Oleck, MSN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, LMFT By any ...

APNA News Members’ CornerNews

Nurses in Action: Insights Into Providing Care to Veterans

Veterans often have a higher incidence of mental health issues and physical comorbidities due to mental/physical trauma associated with ...

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Member News November 2021

November 2021 APNA News: Members' Corner Diane Allen was quoted regarding healthcare workplace violence in an article in The ...

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APNA News Members’ Corner

APNA Position Paper Update: Dispelling Misconceptions About Electroconvulsive Therapy

November 2021 APNA News: Members' Corner For more than eight decades, psychiatric-mental health nurses have provided individualized care for ...

APNA News Members’ CornerPublication

Creating the APNA Nursing Competencies for Treating Tobacco Use Disorders

A new publication in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association describes how the competencies were created and more. ...

APNA News Members’ Corner

Suicide Prevention in the First Person

November 2021 APNA News: Members' Corner Having survived a suicide attempt, Kevin Hines not only lived to see another day, ...

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Learn Motivational Interviewing

Online Educational Program Free to All Nurses Through December 2021

Earn contact hours while gaining skill in this person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change. To support all nurses and nursing students during this time, the interactive online course is free to access through the end of December.