Member News March 2025

Member Highlights

APNA member Chasity Carswell is featured in a Bold Journey article, sharing details on her career and her thoughts on becoming successful and fulfilled in psychiatric-mental health nursing. See her thoughts!

DailyNurse.com writes about The Nurse Keith Show and Springer Publishing Podcast, which features APNA member Brenda Marshall exploring the critical role advanced practice nurses play in addressing the complexities of modern mental health. View the article and get access to the podcast!

Towson University Newsroom highlights APNA member Briana Snyder for her work with the Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Fellows (DIFF) program to create a course on health equity for graduate students in the Department of Nursing’s entry-level Master of Science (ELMS) program in the College of Health Professions. Admire her efforts here!

Chamberlain College of Nursing appoints founding member and APNA Past President Nancy Valentine to the Board of Trustees. She and four others will provide extensive knowledge on issues in higher education and the nursing profession to further Chamberlain’s mission of providing a superior nursing education. See the AOL coverage here.

APNA member Elizabeth Weston is featured in an isStories.com article that speaks to her elevation of patient care in psychiatric-mental health nursing at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health.  See how she dedicates herself to her profession.

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Members Published in the March/April issue of JAPNA

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• Members Linda Beeber, Kathleen R. Delaney, and Angel Johann Solorzano Martinez author the editorial “Keeping Our Patients and Ourselves Safe: Evidence-Based Knowledge to Prevent and Manage Violence in PMH Nursing Care”
• Member Alirio Olmedo co-authors the research article “Beyond Crisis: Enhancing Behavioral Response Through a Conceptual Framework” and writes letter “The Missing Link in Behavioral Health: Defining Competencies for Crisis Response Teams”
• Members Mary-Jo Curran and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick are authors on the research article “Facilitators of and Barriers to the Therapeutic Nurse–Patient Relationship: Perceptions From Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses”
• Joyce Shea authors the Board of Directors Column, “PMH Care: A Changing Field in Search of Leaders.”

Published March 2025

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