It is the position of the APNA Board of Directors that the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2022) represents the official policy of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association with regards to the role, scope of practice, and standards of practice of psychiatric-mental health nurses.
Adopted by the APNA Board of Directors June 17, 2014.
Reviewed February 2020 by the APNA Board of Directors.
Updated February 2023.
American Psychiatric Nurses Association, International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses, American Nurses Association. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice . 3rd ed. Silver Spring, MD: Nursesbooks.org; 2022.
Despite growing recognition of the need for integrated care services to meet the diverse mental and physical health needs of .
A Sustained Commitment to Reducing, with the Aspiration of Eliminating, the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Revised APNA Position Paper .
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