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University of Portland nursing major Kyle Doty receives American Psychiatric Nurses Association Scholarship

Nursing

July 20, 2017

University of Portland nursing student Kyle Doty ’19 has been selected to receive the American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s Board of Directors Student Scholarship. Doty is one of 30 undergraduate/pre-licensure and graduate students to receive the 2017 scholarship, selected from hundreds of applicants based on academic merit and dedication to psychiatric-mental health nursing. The scholars come from diverse schools of nursing at universities and colleges across the nation. 

“This year’s Board of Directors Student Scholars are inspiring,” says APNA President Kris McLoughlin. “In realizing their extraordinary potential, they will help ensure that our future is one that includes high quality psychiatric-mental health nursing care for those in need.” 

Recipients receive complimentary registration, travel, and lodging expenses to attend the APNA 31st Annual Conference, October 18-21, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Students also receive one year of complimentary membership in APNA, which includes access to education, networking, and resources to further develop their skills as they prepare to enter the nursing workforce. 

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, and is and accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.