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Workplace Safety at the APNA Annual Conference

Gain practical strategies at the APNA Annual Conference to strengthen workplace safety, improve crisis response, and build confidence in your ...

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Member News July 2026

APNA members are featured in July 2026 member news updates for their expertise and leadership, with members inducted as Fellows ...

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Brenda Mayfield

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Why I presented at the APNA Annual Conference

November 2022 Brenda Mayfield, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, presented Veterans, Psychedelics, and PTSD: Healing the Wounds of Service at the ...

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A Systematic Approach to Ethical Decision-Making for Nurses

December 2022 This article, from the Nurses Service Organization, reviews a model that nurses can use to better understand conflicting ...

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Member News November 2022

A Clarksville Online article highlights Leslie Binford for her work to help make access to services like prescribing medication more ...

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She Went To Work

This poem, by APNA member Karen Adams, DNP, RN, was written in memory of June Onkundi, MSN, RN PMHNP-BC. ...

APNA President Zim Okoli

APNA News Members’ CornerPresident's Message

Inclusion. Diversity. Equity. Access. De-Stigmatization

November 2022 President's Message Inclusion. Diversity. Equity. Access. De-Stigmatization These five concepts at first seem like an ambitious - ...

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Research: The Engine Behind Psychiatric-Mental Health Science

November, 2022 “Our science drives care practices,” says Dr. Brandy Mechling, APNA Research & Scholarship Council Chair. “Identifying and disseminating ...

Announcement News

APNA Annual Awards: Call for Nominations Open!

Nominate a colleague today - because celebrating great nurses shines a positive light on all PMH nurses and the important work ...

Position Paper Publication

Updated: Violence Prevention Position

The Violence Prevention position paper has been updated as of October 2020 and is now available. ...

Announcement Members’ Corner

Michelle DeCoux Hampton, RN, PhD, MS, Named Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (JAPNA)

Following a search and interview process conducted by the JAPNA Associate Editor Search Committee, the APNA Board of Directors has ...