Past
Latin American Association Atlanta Youth Leadership Conference
- Oglethorpe University
Workshop "Nursing as a Profession," two sessions for Georgia high school students, co-presented with Tamara Stephens.
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner · Educator · Founder
Bryanna Baptiste
DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC (she/her)
Loyal to my people. Hard on the status quo.
I treat the whole person, teach the next generation of nurses, and spend a lot of time asking why healthcare keeps burning out the people holding it up.
- 15+years in mental health
- 11+years in nursing
- 8+hospitals served in consult-liaison psychiatry
- 2025Behavioral Health APP of the Year, Atrium Health
- 3Licensed in GA, NC and MA
Trained at
Northeastern University
Rush University
Teaching at
Georgia State University
Emory University- Northeastern University
Clinical training: McLean Hospital · Boston Medical Center · Atrium Health
Ambassador, Dr. Lorna Breen Foundation
My story
I learned the job long before I had the title.
Youngest of four from a small New England town, where I learned to read a room before I could spell 'psychiatry.' Today I bring that same instinct to my practice, my classroom, and a healthcare system I think can do a lot better by the people inside it.
Read my storyExpertise
Three areas. One point of view.
- 01
Young people's mental health
If a kid is given the opportunity to do well, they will. My job is to find where the system around them is breaking down and help fix that.
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The ones who care for everyone else
Clinician burnout and the wellbeing of everyone who keeps healthcare running, from the new grad to the person signing the schedule.
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The next generation of nurses
Nurse education, career transitions and leadership development.
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“I've never believed a person falls apart on their own. Symptoms don't show up out of nowhere. They show up in a body that isn't sleeping, a mind that's been running on empty, a family that's stretched thin, a job or a school that's asking too much. So I don't just treat the symptom. I look at all of it, the person and everything they're carrying, and we work on the whole picture together.”
Milestones
The long way here.
2010
- Clinical training, Boston Medical Center
2012
- BS, Psychology, magna cum laude, Northeastern University
2013 to 2017
- McLean Hospital
2015
- BSN, cum laude, Northeastern University
2017
- MSN, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, magna cum laude, Northeastern University
- Board certified PMHNP-BC (ANCC)
2019
- Center for Advanced Practice Fellowship, Behavioral Health, Atrium Health
- Begins child and adolescent consult-liaison psychiatry
- Preceptor to APP fellows and students (2019 to 2025)
2020 to 2023
- Behavioral Health APP Lead, Child/Adolescent Consult-Liaison and Medical APPs, Atrium Health
2022 to 2024
- Clinical Instructor, Mental Health Nursing, Northeastern University
2023
- APP Leadership Academy Graduate, Atrium Health
2024 to 2025
- Behavioral Health APP Lead, Regional Team, Atrium Health
2025
- DNP, Transformative Leadership: Systems, Rush University
- Behavioral Health APP of the Year, Atrium Health
- Founded The Hive Health
2026
- Limited-term faculty, Georgia State University
- Published Your Next Shift
Speaking, media and writing
On stage, on the page, in the room.
Cover coming soon
Your Next Shift
A Nurse's Workbook for Burnout, Career Change, and Your Next 90 Days
Bryanna Baptiste
The book, 2026
Your Next Shift
A Nurse's Workbook for Burnout, Career Change, and Your Next 90 Days
Get the book (opens in a new tab)Speaking topics
- Running on Empty and Calling It Normal
- The Midcareer Cliff
- Your Next Shift
- If a Kid Is Given the Opportunity to Do Well, They Will
- Kids, Chatbots, and Trust
- Wellness Isn't the Absence of a Diagnosis
- Healthcare as a Living System
- Nursing as a career path for high school and college students
From colleagues and students
In their words.
Bryanna is the kind of leader who not only strengthens the standard of care for patients and providers alike but also uplifts everyone around her.
M. Noble, PA-CFormer APP Fellow and Colleague One of Bryanna's greatest strengths is her ability to break complex psychiatric diagnoses into clear, understandable concepts. She has a natural gift for teaching.
Kirsten L. Presby, NPFormer NP Student As a preceptor, she created a supportive and engaging learning environment that made complex concepts easier to understand and the clinical experience both manageable and enjoyable.
Casie Ussery, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BCFormer NP Student and Colleague
Looking for care?
Bryanna sees clients through The Hive Health, a telehealth psychiatric practice serving Georgia and Massachusetts.