GS-C: Easy to Apply!
Now it's easier than ever to apply for the new new APRN Specialty Certification in Gerontology – the APRN Gerontological Specialist Certification (GS-C) with our fillable Adobe Acrobat .pdf form!
Summer GAPNA Newsletter Online
Inside is a proud report of the Pharma Conference from GAPNA President Michelle Moccia; a new Rising Star (a third generation nurse); a peek at the Annual Conference host city and hotel; five busy GAPNA chapters weigh-in; and a bunch Committee and SIG news!
"Every Nurse’s Role in Save and Effective Pain Management"
Registration is now open for the upcoming Palliative Nursing Summit Pain and Symptom Management Project Team webinar, Every Nurse’s Role in Save and Effective Pain Management. The event is on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, from 3:00 – 4:15pm US Eastern...
Title VII and Title VIII Reauthorizations Bills
On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, starting at 10 am ET, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will host a hearing on the Health Care Workforce: Addressing Shortages and Improving Care. They will discuss the Title VII and Title VIII reauthorizations bills under consideration.
Gerontology Resources for APRNs in Acute and Emergent Care Settings Toolkit
NEW! The Toolkit Taskforce Committee of GAPNA created the “Acute Care Resource Guide” with the goal of making geriatric and gerontological content easily accessible to those caring for older adults in higher acuity care settings. It is designed with APRN students, preceptors, clinicians, and educators in mind, and to provide a single portal to comprehensive resources.
Take a Research Survey on Sleep Interventions
Title: "Survey of Healthcare Professional's Perceptions of Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Promote Sleep." You are being asked to participate in this research study because you are a palliative/hospice or geriatric health care professional.
Meet Kanah May Lewallen, GAPNA’s Summer Rising Star
Kanah May Lewallen, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC, an Instructor in Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, is GAPNA’s Summer Rising Star. Kanah become involved with GAPNA when she was searching for an organization that could provide her with the opportunity to network and stay up to date in her practice.
GAPNA 2018 BOD Elections
The annual election for 2018-2019 GAPNA Board of Directors is May 14-26, 2018. Members will receive a separate email containing a link to the ballot. Members are encouraged to take a moment to view "Meet the Candidates," read about why they feel they should be chosen for the position noted.
Members on the Move!
AANP Fellows Named; Education Award Announced: Please help us congratulate the following GAPNA members who have been named as 2018 Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: Sue Mullaney, Jennifer Kim, Nancy Edwards, George Peraza-Smith, Gretchen Schumacher.
GAPNA has Signed-On!
"Moving the United States toward a vibrant future of person-centered, team-based, and community aligned primary care." The Shared Principles, which build on the 2007 Patient-Centered Medical Home Joint Principles, include seven important attributes of advanced primary care...