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Announcing the 2026 APNA Memorial Scholarship Recipients

Through the APNA Memorial Scholarship, we honor the legacies of nurses whose dedication to psychiatric-mental health nursing and persons ...

Just Updated! APNA Competency Based Training for Conducting the One-Hour Face-to-Face Assessment for Persons in Restraint or Seclusion

A crucial training for conducting the required one-hour face-to-face assessment of patients in restraint or seclusion following ...

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Where Nurse Wellness Advances Care

Friends, join me in imagining a future where it is understood that our well-being as psychiatric-mental health nurses ...

Announcement News

Announcing the 2026 APNA Memorial Scholarship Recipients

Through the APNA Memorial Scholarship, we honor the legacies of nurses whose dedication to psychiatric-mental health nursing and persons ...

June 2026 Policy Update

Summary: June 2026 policy updates that impact psychiatric-mental health nurses include new accrediting rules for organizations, state weapons laws, ...

Announcement News

Announcing the 2026 APNA Board of Directors Student Scholarship Recipients

These outstanding students will gain valuable exposure to the psychiatric-mental health nursing profession and kick-start their leadership development ...

Ethical Use of AI in PMH Nursing

APNA News Members’ Corner

How Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Can Use AI Ethically: 4 Practical Steps

There are several steps psychiatric-mental health (PMH) nurses can take now to help advocate that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies ...

Building Resilience as PMH Nurses: Community is the Key

How can we build a resilient community? “The word community has a strange power to it; it provides a sense ...

Members’ CornerNews

Member News May 2026

Member Highlights The City University of New York features Valerie Esposito Kubanick after she received the APNA Award for Innovation — ...

APNA News Members’ Corner

AI in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Ethics, Risks, & Opportunities for PMH Nurses

From AI scribes that generate clinical documentation to therapy chatbots and predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly evolving ...

May/June Issue of The Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

As an APNA member, you get free access to each issue of JAPNA, including articles with contact hours!...