Announcing the new JAPNA Associate Editor
Following a search and interview process administered by the JAPNA Associate Editor Search Committee, the APNA Board of Directors has named Angel Johann Solorzano Martinez, PhD, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNS, PMHNP-BC as the incoming Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (JAPNA).
Solorzano Martinez, who starts the role January 2025, is a 2023 recipient of an APNA Research Grant, a JAPNA peer reviewer, and more recently, a JAPNA Editorial Board member. He is an adjunct assistant professor at Samuel Merritt University School of Nursing.
“I am honored to serve as the next Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, and I look forward to working with JAPNA’s editorial team,” Solorzano Martinez said. “In my nursing career, I’ve had a passion for psychiatric-mental health nursing, nursing research, and nursing education. I would like to extend my support to nurse researchers, nurse educators, and nursing professionals to assist them in disseminating their research in this journal. Their contributions are critical to the advancement of the field of psychiatric-mental health nursing.”
“In my nursing career, I’ve had a passion for psychiatric-mental health nursing, nursing research, and nursing education.”
“Dr. Solorzano Martinez brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Associate Editor role,” Michelle DeCoux Hampton, RN, PhD, MS current JAPNA Associate Editor and incoming JAPNA Editor-in-Chief, said. “With both practice and research degrees, as well as a current clinical practice and academic appointment, he has a unique perspective on the interrelationship of the various sources of knowledge that inform our work as psychiatric-mental health nurses in clinical practice, academia, and research arenas. I’m thrilled that he will join the team and look forward to our collaboration in the future.”
On behalf of the APNA Board of Directors, congratulations to Dr. Solorzano Martinez, and many thanks to the members of the JAPNA Associate Editor Search Committee for their stewardship of this search.
Published October 2024
About APNA: The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is a national professional membership organization committed to the practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing and wellness promotion, prevention of mental health problems, and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders. APNA’s membership is inclusive of all psychiatric-mental health registered nurses including associate degree, baccalaureate, advanced practice (comprised of clinical nurse specialists and psychiatric nurse practitioners), and nurse scientists and academicians (PhD). APNA serves as a resource for psychiatric-mental health nurses to engage in networking, education, and the dissemination of evidence. The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
