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YOUR FEDERATION
Helping meet your professional goals
An associate group of the Canadian Nurses' Association (CNA), we are a national voice for psychiatric and mental health (PMH) nursing.
Our objectives are to:
Assure national leadership in the development and application of nursing standards that inform and affect psychiatric and mental health nursing practice.
Examine and influence government policy, and address national issues related to mental health and mental illness.
Communicate and collaborate with national and international groups that share our professional interests.
Facilitate excellence in psychiatric and mental health nursing by providing our members with educational and networking resources.
Formed in 1988, the Federation pioneered national credentialing in psychiatric and mental health nursing and achieved CNA certification status seven years later.
As a result of the Federations' efforts, nurses across the country can qualify for the national psychiatric and mental health nursing credential. Nurses with certification are eligible to use the CPMHN(C) designation after their names and wear the official CNA certification pin - a sign of professional achievement.
Activities/Involvement of the CFMHN:
We are a member of the Canadian Alliance of Mental Illness and Mental Health. As a member, the Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses, a CNA associate member, is one of 19 national organizations that form CAMIMH. The CAMIMH represent consumers and their families; health-care and social service providers; professional associations; and community and research organizations. Together, they constitute a vibrant network of national, provincial and community-based organizations dedicated to serving the mental health needs of the people of Canada. The mission of the alliance is to promote and facilitate the development, adoption and implementation of a national action plan on mental illness and mental health.
Canadian
Federation of Mental Health Nurses
1 Concorde Gate, Suite 109, Toronto, ON M3C 3N6
Tel: 416-426-7029, Fax: 416-426-7280
Email: info@cfmhn.ca
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