title: Advanced practice psychiatric nursing: a national profile.
abstract: The results of a national survey of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses (APPN) are presented. Results are based on the Society for Education and Research in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing's (SERPN) Primary Mental Health and Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing monograph. Characteristics of the nurses, the clients they serve, and their practice patterns are described. Documenting the cost-effectiveness of these practitioners and increasing the number of younger APPNs is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Society for Education and Research in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Advanced Practice Project Task Force, Pensacola, FL, USA.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Merwin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Barrell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chisholm
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Poster
mesh_terms: D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000639:trends; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce; D017132:Workplace