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Joy Boyd, RN, PMH-BC, is a psychiatric nurse on an inpatient behavioral health unit in Honolulu, Hawaii. She has worked in mental health nursing for 12 years, spending her shifts on a locked ward monitoring patients as they start or change medications. Boyd worked as a psychiatric technician while completing her nursing degrees, earning both an associate and a bachelor of science in nursing. During the holidays, she bakes traditional family recipes at home.