There is a well-documented demand for psychiatric providers, clinicians whose scope of practice includes all essential psychiatric services, such as assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapeutic/psychotherapy interventions, and psychotropic medication treatment (American Psychiatric Nurses Association, International Society of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses, & American Nurses Association, 2014). Psychiatric mental health (PMH) Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) have the education, training, and licensure to meet this demand. The PMH APRN workforce has been growing over the past 20 years and has the potential to mitigate the Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (MHPSAs) that states are attempting to address (Delaney, 2017; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2016). However, federal reports and mental health workforce studies often mischaracterize the PMH APRNs' scope of practice and present conflicting data on the number of currently certified practitioners. The profession must meet the pervasive misinformation about PMH APRNs with a consistent, clearly articulated message about the scope of practice, range of skills, and types of services provided. To effectively participate in mental health workforce planning, the specialty must be armed with an accurate depiction of current PMH APRNs, data on the educational pipeline, the anticipated growth of the workforce, and expected retirements. Objective This article outlines the anticipated number and characteristics of the PMH APRN entrants to the workforce. Enrollment and graduation trends are examined to estimate 5-year growth of the workforce, taking potential retirements into consideration. We discuss facilitators and 806571J APXXX10.