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Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Resources

A collection of resources curated for psychiatric-mental health nurses: From toolkits to graduate school listings, the APNA Resource Center is your first access point for information on topics across the spectrum of psychiatric-mental health nursing.

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SafetyEngagement

APNA Patient Engagement Toolkit

A collection of publications from a literature review by the APNA Council for Safe Environments that speak to various elements of engagement.
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Agitated Patients? They May Be Taking Their Cue from You

And article from Medscape on transference dynamics and agitation.
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Engagement as an Element of Safe Inpatient Psychiatric Environments

Link to a white paper published in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association on safety and engagement
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Engagement Is Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Commentary published in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association on the White Paper: Engagement as an Element of Safe Inpatient Psychiatric Environments
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Metasynthesis of Research on the Role of Psychiatric Inpatient Nurses

An article on inpatient nursing priorities published in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
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Development and Testing of the Combined Assessment of Psychiatric Environments

Article published in JAPNA, Development and Testing of the Combined Assessment of Psychiatric Environments: A Patient-Centered Quality Measure for Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment, on assessment of psychiatric environments.
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Clinical Translation Article

A Clinical Translation of the Article Titled “Development and Testing of the Combined Assessment of Psychiatric Environments (CAPE): A Patient-Centered Quality Measure for Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment" in the Journal
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