Psychedelic Nurses Association
Establishing the nursing profession's role in psychedelic-assisted therapy — nurses are positioned to become essential practitioners in both clinical and community settings.
Type: Professional Association
Location: National
Membership: Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nursing students
Venues: Virtual programming; state nursing conference presence
Activities: Continuing education on psychedelic-assisted therapy for nurses, advocacy for nursing role in facilitation and monitoring, harm reduction education, member peer network.
About
The Psychedelic Nurses Association builds the infrastructure for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and nursing students to participate in the psychedelic therapy field. Nurses are increasingly relevant to psychedelic medicine: as licensed facilitators, as session monitors in clinical trial settings, as harm reduction educators, and as the front-line healthcare professionals most likely to encounter patients who have used psychedelics.
The Association provides continuing education units (CEUs) on psychedelic pharmacology, patient safety monitoring during sessions, trauma-informed care, and harm reduction for nursing practice. It advocates for the nursing profession's inclusion in state-level facilitation licensing frameworks and serves as a peer network for nurses working in this space.
The potential for nurse practitioners (NPs) to supervise or facilitate psilocybin therapy — particularly in underserved areas where psychiatric access is limited — represents one of the most promising equity pathways in psychedelic medicine.
Why It Matters
Nurses are the largest professional group in healthcare and are disproportionately present in underserved communities. Building the Psychedelic Nurses Association creates a pipeline that could extend psychedelic medicine access beyond the urban, affluent markets that currently dominate.
