Member News July 2026
Summary: APNA members are featured in July 2026 member news updates for their expertise and leadership, with members inducted as Fellows into the American Academy of Nursing, recipients of prestigious APNA and other scholarships, DAISY award recipients, JAPNA authors and spotlights, and more!
Celebrate these members, explore recent publications, and get more information on opportunities relevant to your psychiatric-mental health nursing practice below.
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Kristy Loewentsein has been honored by Marquis Who’s Who for her expertise and leadership in nursing. See more on her contributions. |
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Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk received a 2026 Living Legends Award from the American Academy of Nursing for her lasting systems of change that lift nursing’s impact on population health, clinician well-being, and the future of care delivery. Read her award bio! |
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Eugenia Flores Millender was named a 2026 Honoree of the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame and Emerging Nurse Researcher/Scholar Award for her research advancing nursing science. More on this prestigious honor. |
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Kiara Nuñez was honored as the 2026-2027 recipient of the Martha Rodriguez Memorial Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF). Read her story. |
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Claire Pettengill was honored as the recipient of the Madeline A. Naegle Scholarship for Mental Health Nursing from Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF). See her story. |
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Kathryn E. Phillips has been honored by Fairfield Eagen with the 2026 Annie W. Goodrich Distinguished Lectureship Award. Celebrate her excellence! |
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Amy Salanty has been honored by Marquis Who’s Who for her expertise in mental health and nursing practice. More on her journey here. |
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Members who received a 2026 DAISY Award
Click on the awardee’s name to view their DAISY profile:
Allan Paul Dahl, MA, BSN, PHN
Lisa Joseph, BSN, RN
Kelsi Sisk, DNP, CRNP, PMHNP-BC
Congratulations to these outstanding APNA members!
APNA Members Inducted as 2026 Fellows into the American Academy of Nursing
Patricia Blair, PhD, LLM, JD, MSN, RN, CNE, CCHP-RN, CCHP-A, AAL
Sattaria Dilks, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAANP
Cameron Duncan, DNP, MS, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Jennifer Graber, EdD, PMHAPRN, CS, BC
Brenda Marshall, EdD, APN, ANEF, FAANP
Margaret Rafferty, DNP, MA, MPH
Lori Vick, PhD, MAT, RN
Jamie Zelazny, PhD, MPH, RN
Congratulations to these APNA members and distinguished nurse leaders!
The 2026 APNA Scholarship Recipients have been announced!
View the APNA Memorial Scholarship Recipients
View the APNA Board of Directors Student Scholars
Members published in the July/August 2026 issue of JAPNA
Guest Editorial
Marvin A. Schilt-Solberg, PhD, RN, Capping the Pipeline: Federal Loan Limits and the Future of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Brief Report
Sara B. Adams, Tobacco Treatment Competencies: A Brief Review of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing Education
Quality Improvement Manuscript
Jeremy Tyler Rockwell, Pharmacogenetic Testing in Patients With Depression: A Quality Improvement Project
Board of Directors Column
Allyson Matney Neal, PMH Nurse Wellbeing Is Vital to Organizational Resilience
And see a new Author Spotlight from Janie A. Brown:
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Published July 2026
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