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

Andrew Penn
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02/24/2021
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 here.
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 here.
BLOG: At the one-year mark of...
02/24/2021
Psych Congress Network
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10/20/2017
BLOG: It is easy, in a time of brief therapy and outcome-driven health care, to want to bypass the most important thing we offer our patients—to allow them to be fully seen and witnessed.
BLOG: It is easy, in a time of brief therapy and outcome-driven health care, to want to bypass the most important thing we offer our patients—to allow them to be fully seen and witnessed.
BLOG: It is easy, in a time of...
10/20/2017
Psych Congress Network
Blog
04/03/2020
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 experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this blog post, part of the...
04/03/2020
Psych Congress Network
Blog
08/21/2014
I have a common kind of patient in my practice—he is somewhere in his late teens or early twenties, usually living at home, maybe taking a class or two at the community college, more often working but certainly not able to support himself...
I have a common kind of patient in my practice—he is somewhere in his late teens or early twenties, usually living at home, maybe taking a class or two at the community college, more often working but certainly not able to support himself...
I have a common kind of patient...
08/21/2014
Psych Congress Network
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09/26/2018
BLOG: When I set out to walk 250 miles along the John Muir Trail this summer, I realized that before I left I learned of others’ fears about being alone for 4 weeks in the wilderness in the questions they would ask me. 
BLOG: When I set out to walk 250 miles along the John Muir Trail this summer, I realized that before I left I learned of others’ fears about being alone for 4 weeks in the wilderness in the questions they would ask me. 
BLOG: When I set out to walk 250...
09/26/2018
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Andrew Penn
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01/09/2021
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.
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.
BLOG: We humans are complex...
01/09/2021
Psych Congress Network
Blog
08/24/2017
BLOG: When one is playing big, they are often unaware that their presence is eclipsing others who might want to share the stage. Or worse yet, others who might wish to share the stage are seen as threats.
BLOG: When one is playing big, they are often unaware that their presence is eclipsing others who might want to share the stage. Or worse yet, others who might wish to share the stage are seen as threats.
BLOG: When one is playing big,...
08/24/2017
Psych Congress Network
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03/27/2020
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.
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.
BLOG: As a health care...
03/27/2020
Psych Congress Network
Blog
08/13/2014
When Robin Williams committed suicide this week, he shocked a nation who had delighted for years in the bright light of his rapid-fire, witty humor. How should we as mental health professionals respond to such a public suicide?
When Robin Williams committed suicide this week, he shocked a nation who had delighted for years in the bright light of his rapid-fire, witty humor. How should we as mental health professionals respond to such a public suicide?
When Robin Williams committed...
08/13/2014
Psych Congress Network
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09/18/2018
BLOG: It’s been 6 months since our friend and colleague Eric C. Arauz, MLER, passed away. His death was a blunt reminder to me that if we are going to care about and be attached to others, we will have to experience the grief of losing them.
BLOG: It’s been 6 months since our friend and colleague Eric C. Arauz, MLER, passed away. His death was a blunt reminder to me that if we are going to care about and be attached to others, we will have to experience the grief of losing them.
BLOG: It’s been 6 months since...
09/18/2018
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