Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC

Waiting to Emerge From the Pandemic: What Awaits Us?
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
April 19, 2021
BLOG: How much energy will it take to overcome the inertia that has befallen our daily lives? Will we reenact a simulacrum of how things were before, or will we find, deep within ourselves, the…
One Year Later: Finding Hope
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
February 24, 2021
BLOG: At the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, I turn again, as I did in March 2020, to writing to make sense of my world. I am tired, I am frustrated, and I am weary. But, like you, I am still…
Immunization and Insurrection: Will the Better Angels of Our Nature Prevail?
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
January 09, 2021
BLOG: We humans are complex creatures who can hold, Shiva-like, the simultaneous capacity for tremendous creation in one hand and woeful destruction in the other.
Psychedelics in Group Therapy for HIV Survivors Shows Promising Results
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
October 02, 2020
BLOG: In a recent study, the utilization of psychedelic medicine in group therapy was linked with reduced demoralization among long-term, gay-identified, male HIV survivors—an outcome with larger…
Psych Congress to Bring Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Into Focus
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
September 03, 2020
BLOG: Psychedelic-assisted therapies, once consigned to the fringes of psychiatric practice, are exploding into the mainstream of psychiatry and will take center stage at a Psych Congress…
Treating Patients Who Have Made Cannabis Their Medicine
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
August 19, 2020
BLOG: More patients are exploring the medicinal aspects of cannabis for their psychiatric conditions, and many are presenting to their providers already convinced of the benefits of their self-…
Resilience and Growth in the Face of a Pandemic
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
May 07, 2020
BLOG: In the middle of a crisis, it is difficult to plan ahead, but that is what we must do now, not only for those impacted by this current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to build inner…
The Search for Acceptance and Meaning in COVID-19
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
April 09, 2020
In this blog post, part of the "Coping During COVID-19" series, Psych Congress Steering Committee member Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC, says it will take time, introspection, and community to…
Making Room for Grief During COVID-19
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
April 03, 2020
In this blog post, part of the "Coping During COVID-19" series, Psych Congress Steering Committee member Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC, writes about how people can navigate the grief they…
Navigating the Emotions of a Pandemic
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
March 27, 2020
BLOG: As a health care professional, I have watched the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic with alternating measures of horror, dread, fascination, frustration, and fear.
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