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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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Strength in Stillness

If this time of year has you running in a million directions, you are not alone. Keeping up with our ...

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Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Share Your Abstracts for the APNA 40th Annual Conference

Share your expertise, innovations, and research with thousands of psychiatric-mental health nurses at the APNA 40th Annual Conference, October ...

Mary Ann Nihart

Honoring the Life & Legacy of Mary Ann Nihart

Mary Ann Nihart, MA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, a visionary force for psychiatric-mental health nursing and former APNA ...

Olajumoke Ojeleye

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Supporting Adolescent Mothers’ Mental Health in Florida

A new study by Olajumoke Ojeleye from the University of South Florida and funded by a 2024 APNA Research Grant, ...

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Joint Commission’s New Staffing National Patient Safety Goal (NPG 12) Effective January 2026

The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal 12 (NPG 12), a new standard that places staffing at the forefront ...

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Nursing as a Professional Degree

Recent Court Decision As of June 25, 2026, a federal court has temporarily blocked key parts of the Department of ...

Addressing Key Threats to Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Well-Being

Sustaining a strong PMH nursing workforce requires systemic, organization‑level change that embeds well‑being into daily operations, which in ...

Brenda Mayfield

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Ask a PMH Nurse: Veterans & Military Sexual Trauma

Presented at the APNA 37th Annual Conference and now FREE CE in honor of Veterans Day, the session Veterans and ...

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Practical tips and resources from APNA Annual Conference 2025

What are you still talking about from the APNA Annual Conference? The practical tips and resources from sessions and posters? ...