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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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My PMH Nurse Luminary gives the gift of time

In this installment of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Luminaries, APNA member and APNA Pennsylvania Chapter President Anita Iyengar, DNP, RN, ...

Why I.D.E.A.S. Matter: Free CE for APNA members

May is Nurses Month & Mental Health Awareness Month. What better time to celebrate psychiatric-mental health nurses and your ...

Announcement News

Announcing the new JAPNA Editor

Michelle DeCoux Hampton selected Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (JAPNA) Informed by the ...

Members’ CornerNews

Member News May 2024

Member Highlights In an episode of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) podcast, clinician, entrepreneur, professor, and APNA New England ...

Announcing the 2024 APNA Annual Awards Recipients

The 2024 APNA Annual Awards Recipients: Nine psychiatric-mental health nurses lauded for exceptional contributions to improve mental health outcomes ...

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New Suicide Prevention Training

The new APNA Suicide Prevention Certificate Program is here to help increase confidence and competence in the nursing skills of ...

APNA Dues Update

Supporting you professionally in vital and timely ways continues to be APNA’s top priority. Your organization has been able ...

President's Message

When the Spirit Moves You

You inspire me. Our connection paradigm is shifting and evolving with your interpretations of CONNECTION. In talking with APNA leaders ...

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