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APNA Announcements

Nominate an outstanding nurse for one of the 2027 APNA Annual Awards! Your nomination recognizes APNA members who demonstrate excellence in psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Newly updated: Motivational Interviewing Course to build skills that you can use in your PMH nursing interactions. It’s FREE to APNA members!
Represent your experience by responding to the APNA Workforce Survey and help build a comprehensive understanding of today’s PMH nursing workforce.

Featured News & Publications

APNA News Members’ CornerNews

How Do Workplace Experiences Contribute to Suicide Risk for PMH Nurses?

Q&A With APNA Annual Conference Presenter Christopher Wojnar APNA member and upcoming APNA 40th Annual Conference presenter ...

APNA News Members’ CornerPresident's Message

Lean on APNA

As I reflect on the past year serving as APNA president, I want to share the sense of support I ...

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Announcement News

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 ...

APNA News: Monthly Policy Update

Policy Update June 2026

Summary: June 2026 policy updates that impact psychiatric-mental health nurses include new accrediting rules for organizations, state weapons laws, ...

Announcement News

Announcing the 2026 APNA Board of Directors Student Scholarship Recipients

These outstanding students will gain valuable exposure to the psychiatric-mental health nursing profession and kick-start their leadership development ...

Ethical Use of AI in PMH Nursing

APNA News Members’ Corner

How Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses Can Use AI Ethically: 4 Practical Steps

There are several steps psychiatric-mental health (PMH) nurses can take now to help advocate that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies ...

Building Resilience as PMH Nurses: Community is the Key

How can we build a resilient community? “The word community has a strange power to it; it provides a sense ...

Members’ CornerNews

Member News May 2026

Member Highlights The City University of New York features Valerie Esposito Kubanick after she received the APNA Award for Innovation — ...

APNA News Members’ Corner

AI in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Ethics, Risks, & Opportunities for PMH Nurses

From AI scribes that generate clinical documentation to therapy chatbots and predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly evolving ...

May/June Issue of The Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

As an APNA member, you get free access to each issue of JAPNA, including articles with contact hours!...

APNA News: Monthly Policy Update

May 2026 Policy Update

Summary: May 2026 PMH nursing policy updates include a graduate nursing finance rule, a new dementia agitation treatment and PTSD ...