Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses (PAPN) of Houston

 

“Mind Matters—January 2012”

 

 Wishing all a Happy New Year from PAPN!!

 

 

 

Political Matters

 

ANCC watch on certification for advanced practice psychiatric nurses.  Follow information on the Consensus Model at http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Certification/APRN-Updates.aspx.

 

 

 Conference Opportunities/Other 

Houston Psychiatric Society welcomes Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses to attend their programs for $40. Get more information on their website www.HoustonPsychiatry.org

The Houston Psychiatric Society is the professional organization for Psychiatrist in the Houston, Texas area. The goals of the organization are to:Promote and improve patient care Educate our colleageues and the public on mental health issues Enhance community mental health service delivery

 

 

PAPN Plans Spring Conference

Please join us for Mind Matters  2012, Saturday, April 28

8:30 – 12:15pm at HBU Campus. This event will be sponsored by PAPN and Eta Phi Chapter of  Sigma Theta Tau. Three CEUs including one pharmacology CEU will be provided. Look for more information in the coming weeks.

 

January 2012

Houston Group Psychotherapy Society

Reflections and Learning’s from AK RICE, January 13, 2012  11.30am to 1.00pm

Elizabeth Knight, LCSW, FAGPA, CGP

Location: 303 Jackson Hill Street

 

Houston Group Psychotherapy Society

2012 Annual Institute

Houston Group Psychotherapy Society (HGPS) is now requesting applications for Faculty presentations for our annual 2012 Institute to be held at the Houston Council on Alcohol and Drugs at 303 Jackson Hill. The dates for the institute will be Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, 2012. 

 

Challenging Geriatric Behaviors: A Comprehensive and Dignified Approach to Care.

PESI Healthcare

Holiday Inn Southwest At Sugarland

11160 Southwest Fwy  77031, (281) 530-1400

Houston, TX January 18, 2012

 

Seventeenth Annual Advance Practice Symposium 2012

January 31 & February 1, 2012

Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center, 3303 N 3^rd St. Temple, TX

www.regonline.com/aps  to register.

 

 

 

February 2012

3^rd Annual UT Psychiatric Update “Untangling ADHD and Bipolar Disease Across the Age Spectrum”, Saturday, February 11, 2012, Memorial Herman Conference Center, Houston, Contact: www.UTcme.net

Food For Thought: How nutrients Affect Mental Health and the Brain. February 21 or March 2, Houston Contact: www.IBPCEU.com presenter Ken Goodrich, PhD, Health Psychologist at Baylor College of Medicine

Survive and Thrive with ADHD, 24^th Annual Conference, ADHD Association Southern Region, February 17 and 18, 2012, Sheraton North Houston

Contact: www.adda-sr.org

33rd Annual Training Institute on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders, February 13-16, 2012
Clearwater Beach, Florida
Contact: www.usjt.com or 800-441-5569

 

March 2012          

University of Texas Arlington   26th Annual Psychiatric Nursing Symposium
E.H. Hereford University Center
University of Texas ArlingtonMarch 30, 2012, 7:30am - 4pm 

Keynote Speaker:

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Mary D. Moller, DNP, ARNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, CPRP, FAAN, Associate Professor, Specialty Director-Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Yale University School of Nursing

 

 

June 2012

CPI Conference

APNA 9th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute, June 14-17, 2012
Hyatt Regency Reston

2012 APNA Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA!
November 7-10, 2012

 

 

 

Careers:

Become an NHSC Site

Does anyone have any experience in completing the application process for becoming an NHSC (National Health Service Corps) approved site? I would appreciate any assistance that is out there. Please also feel free to contact me at donnakay0812@hotmail.com Sincerely, Donna Ayers, Nurse Practitioner

The NP Practice

 Any NPs looking for an office space to open an independent practice?  Two NPs (Robbie and Kym) are moving out of their 1600 square foot office and into a space with their supervising physician and would like to offer another nurse practitioner (first) an affordable space.  The space is already clinic ready with negotiable lease options.  Call 713-774-8677 or email info@thenppractice.com for more information."

 

Know any job opportunities to post?  Send the information to Cathy  Hueske: chueske@twu.edu.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Dr. Schoonmaker's office has need of a full time NP. 

 

Save the Date, PAPN Activities: Would you like to have more time to talk with PAPN colleagues about issues that affect your practice? Want to learn more about the work that other members are doing?  In addition to our traditional meetings, PAPN is planning more informal clinical discussion meetings so that members have more time to interact with each other and talk about issues that matter to you. These meetings will take place during months in which no formal PAPN meeting is scheduled. Meeting times TBA so plan to come meet your colleagues and join in the discussion.

*PAPN membership is open to all licensed advanced practice nurses who provide care for psychiatric patients and to students who are completing an advanced practice nursing degree with a specialized interest in caring for psychiatric patients.

 If you need to renew, send check:

Please send check to Sherry Grogan, 2810 Winter Lakes, Missouri City TX 77459   832-541-1342  I will email a receipt for your records.  

Annual dues September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012 are $35: Due September  1, 2011.

PAPN Meetings	HAPN Meetings
January 26, 2012 March 29, 2012 May 31, 2012 July 26, 2012 August 27, 2012	January 11, 2012 February 8, 12 March 14, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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