American Psychiatric Nurses Association Opens Call for Abstract Proposals for 26th Annual Conference
Arlington, VA (PRWEB) January 11, 2012
Psychiatric mental health nurses and behavioral wellness professionals are invited to submit abstract proposals to be thought to be for presentation at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association?s 26th Annual Conference. The conference will be held November 7-ten, 2012 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and will supply far more than three days of continuing nursing education and networking.
The APNA Annual Conference is the premier event for psychiatric mental well being nursing: more than a thousand professionals collect each year to advance the psych nursing profession, share expertise, and champion mental well being. This year?s conference program centers around the theme ?Fighting Stigma? and will contain keynotes by Former Very first Lady Rosalynn Carter, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, and nursing leader Linda Burnes Bolton, RN, DrPH, FAAN. Advanced practice nurses, generalist RNs, and psychiatric mental well being professionals are invited to attend and share their specialist understanding by means of sessions or poster presentations.
Those interested in presenting must submit abstract proposals to APNA by way of the on the internet submission website by March 5, 2012. Submissions will undergo an extensive peer assessment by the APNA Scholarly Assessment Committee and will be thought to be for 2-hour preconference sessions, 45-minute concurrent sessions, 20-minute mini concurrent sessions, and poster presentations. Recommended topics include but are not limited to: Nursing Administration, Advanced Practice Nursing, Kid and Adolescent Behavioral Well being, Cultural Troubles, Emergency/Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Departments, Forensic Psychiatric Nursing, Graduate Nursing Education, Inpatient Care, Integrated Physical & Mental Health Care, Military / Troubles Related to Returning Service Members, Older Adults / Geropsych, Outpatient Care, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy, Mental Well being Recovery, Nursing Study, RN-PMH Practice, Substance Use, Undergraduate Nursing Education, Violence, Women?s Wellness
Abstract proposals selected for presentation at the APNA 26th Annual Conference will contribute to the scholarly practice of psychiatric mental health nursing, offering beneficial continuing nursing education for those who attend. For a lot more data and to submit, please pay a visit to http://www.apna.org/CallforAbstracts.
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is a national professional membership organization committed to the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing and wellness promotion, prevention of mental health problems and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders. APNA?s membership is inclusive of all psychiatric mental wellness registered nurses such as associate degree, baccalaureate, advanced practice (comprised of clinical nurse specialists and psychiatric nurse practitioners), and nurse scientists and academicians (PhD). APNA serves as a resource for psychiatric mental well being nurses to engage in networking, education, and the dissemination of research.
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center?s Commission on Accreditation.
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