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- EIN 22-2814679
- (571) 533-1919
- 3141 Fairview Park Dr Ste 625 Falls Church VA 22042-4538 USA
- www.apna.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Mental Health, Mental Health Associations, Professional Societies & Associations
Mission: To promote the mental health of the public and advance the psychiatric mental health nursing profession through the development and support of initiatives in education, research, practice, quality and leadership.
Programs: Annual conference - apna holds two national conferences each year, the clinical psychopharmacology institute ("cpi") conference in june and the annual conference in october. Cpi focuses on complex clinical issues addressing the most current practices and insights on clinical psychopharmacology. The annual conference is the premiere event for psychiatric nursing and is held in a new location each year to encourage regional participation. The association recognizes outstanding contributions to the association and psychiatric nursing through the presentation of the annual awards.
membership services - expenses associated with member services provide for the maintenance of the membership database and the presence of a national network that enables members to communicate with each other in development of standards and policies to advance the discipline of psychiatric-mental health nursing within the field of mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
education and information - the association provides online continuing nursing education opportunities to members and nonmembers via their "e-learning center". One hundred and thirty-four sessions were offered in 2015 through publications, webinars, webcasts and podcasts. In order to facilitate continuing nursing education and to promote psychiatric mental health nursing, the association administered a scholarship program for 30 graduate and undergraduate nursing students to attend the annual conference.