Member News July 2025
Member Highlights
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APNA member Gabrielle Abelard has been named Nurse.org’s 2024 Nurse Leader of the Year. Give kudos! |
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In a Becker’s Healthcare podcast, Kristen Kichefski shares how her team is addressing the psychiatric-mental health nursing shortage, strengthening workforce safety, and creating innovative career pipelines to support behavioral health across the Brown University Health System. Listen to the podcast. |
APNA Members Inducted as 2025 Fellows into the American Academy of Nursing
Julie Carbray, PhD, FPMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, APN
Kami Cooper, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Traci Hicks, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP, FIAAN, FAANP
Chiu-Yueh Hsiao, RN
Brayden Kameg, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN, CNE
Sondra Leiggi Brandon, MSN, PMHNP-BC, APRN
Therese Mathews, PhD, APRN-NP
Jacqueline (Jackie) Michael, PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Dilice Robertson, DNP, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC
Shaquita Starks, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Daniel Wesemann, DNP, MSW, RN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAANP
Congratulations to these APNA members and distinguished nurse leaders!
Published July 2025
Members Published in the May/June issue of JAPNA
- Member Karen J. Foli and Lingsong Zhang are co-authors the continuing education article “Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Perceptions of Substance Use.”
- Member Kathleen Schachman is the lead author on the research article “Gaining Recovery in Addiction for Community Elders (GRACE) Project: The Impact of Age-Specific Care on Clinical Outcomes and Health Care Resource Utilization in Older Adults With Substance Use Disorder in an Interprofessional Addiction Clinic.”
- Morgan Wiggins is the lead author on the research article “Analysis of Ohio Advanced Practice Registered Nurses’ Rate of Prescribing Naltrexone for Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder Since Elimination of the X-Waiver.”
- Members Zim“A Pilot Feasibility Study of Delivering a Quit & Win Tobacco-Free Contest in Community Mental Health Programs” and “A Novel Training Modality for Providers in the Emergency Department Using a Computer-Based Scenario: A Pilot Study”
- Angel Gresham is the lead author on the quality improvement manuscript “Mental Health Needs of Inpatient Psychiatric Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
- Tonjanika Ballard is the lead author on the quality improvement manuscript “Cultural Competemility Training and Use of a Standardized Assessment Tool in Reducing Misdiagnosis of Black Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Psychotic Disorders.”
- Joyce Shea authors the Board of Directors Column, “PMH Nurses: Architects of Change Through Innovation.”
Published May 2025
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