VACPN is an association that serves psychiatric nurses from a variety of fields in nursing (LPN, RN, BSN, MSN, Ed.D., Ph.D., etc.) all coming together to network and utilize resources to better enable the care of mental health consumers. The Virginia Association of Community Psychiatric Nurses (VACPN) was founded in 1987 by Irma Mahone, R.N., M.S.N., Ph.D., and Jeanne Fox, Ph.D.