• APNA Position on the Use of Seclusion and Restraint –  Psychiatric-mental health nursing has a 100 year history of caring for persons in psychiatric facilities. Currently, nurses serve as direct care providers as well as unit-based and executive level administrators in virtually every organization providing inpatient psychiatric treatment. Therefore, as the professional organization for psychiatric-mental health nurses, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) recognizes that the ultimate responsibility for maintaining the safety of both individuals and staff in the treatment environment and for maintaining standards of care in the day-to-day treatment of individuals rests with nursing and the organizational leadership that supports care settings.