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Come be Involved with PAPNA About Us Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses of Austin (PAPNA) seeks to advance mental health in the Austin Area by providing peer and professional support to Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (PMH-APRNs). We are working to raise awareness about psychiatric nursing and promote the profession. Our primary goals include promoting excellence in practice, and advancing the role of the Texas PMH-APRNs through practice, education and community leadership. Subscribe to Forums. Click Forum icon below. Covid-19 Policy Statement Nurses are expected to be “prepared to practice from an evidence base; promote safe, quality patient care; use clinical/critical reasoning to address simple to complex situations; assume accountability for one’s own and delegated nursing care” (AACN, 2021). SARS-CoV-2 is a potentially deadly virus. Providing misinformation to the public regarding masking, vaccines, medications and/or COVID-19 threatens public health. Misinformation, which is not grounded in science and is not supported by the CDC and FDA, can lead to illness, possibly death, and may prolong the pandemic. It is an expectation of the U.S. boards of nursing, the profession, and the public that nurses uphold the truth, the principles of the Code of Ethics for Nurses (ANA, 2015) and highest scientific standards when disseminating information about COVID-19 or any other health-related condition or situation. When identifying themselves by their profession, nurses are professionally accountable for the information they provide to the public. Any nurse who violates their state nurse practice act or threatens the health and safety of the public through the dissemination of misleading or incorrect information pertaining to COVID-19, vaccines, and associated treatment through verbal or written methods including social media may be disciplined by their board of nursing. Nurses are urged to recognize that dissemination of misinformation not only jeopardizes the health and well-being of the public but may place their license and career in jeopardy as well. |
Monthly Dinner Meetings We are working on a new format. Please check events below for updates. IMPORTANT LINKS (Links are underscored) TEMPORARY STATE RESPONSES TO APRN PRACTICE DUE TO COVID-19 DEA COVID-19 Info Page US Department of Justice Diversion Control Division https://deadiversion.usdoj.gov/coronavirus.html TELEHEALTH Telehealth During the COVID-19 Crisis.docx | Continuing Education https://www.neiglobal.com If link does not open, copy and paste into your browser. https://www.medscape.com (Free once registered.) Global Academy CME/CE Libraries in Psychiatry Offerings https://www.globalacademycme.com/specialties/psychiatry/cme?promote=All |