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What's better than enhancing your education with more contact hours? Free sessions, on a variety of specialties! Because GAPNA shares its national office with five other specialty nursing associations, we are pleased to offer our members additional FREE CE sessions.

The GAPNA Newsletter - Spring 2019, Volume 38, Number 1, is now online! Enjoy a New Year's message from GAPNA President Valerie K. Sabol! Other articles include Members on the Move, Rising Star (who do you think it is?), a tribute to Dr. Virginia Lee Cora, Committee and Chapter News, along with new additions to the Clinincal Research Corner.

From the GAPNA Newsletter - Please help us honor these GAPNA members who have recently been given distinguished honors. GAPNA is nothing without its strong and successful members. Congratulations!

From the GAPNA Newsletter - GAPNA’s popular Contemporary Pharmacology & Prescribing in Older Adults conference, March 28-30, 2019 in Chicago, will offer gerontologic advanced practice nurses many educational, networking, and professional benefits and opportunities. Read some of the testimonials of nurses who attended last year’s Contemporary Pharmacology conference.  

Our Experience at the Legislative Pre-Conference Workshop - As the face of healthcare changes, advocacy is increasingly vital to ensure the needs of our patients are met with appropriate resources. As providers for geriatric patients, we know that our role is to watch for legislation...

New Article Addition to the Clinical Research Corner - New clinical practice guidelines for palliative care have been released by the National Consensus Project, with support from The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) for the evidence review.

Last month, the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) – including Executive Director Michael Brennan, President Valerie Sabol, and President-Elect Deborah Dunn, met with UHG Center for Clinician Advancement’s Sue Mullaney and Jennifer Meyer and UHG External Affairs’ Kelly Davis, Sara Pescatello, and John Prible at 701i, UHG’s Washington, D.C. Innovation Center.

What is it?  GAPNA Exchange is a private, secure community for members to share ideas, ask questions, lend expertise, and network with peers. The community will feature both an Open Forum discussion area along with smaller, segmented communities. Now, you can interact with GAPNA members wherever and whenever you need to.

From the Health Affairs Article in the 2019 Spring GAPNA Newsletter - The United Health Foundation recently released: Health of Those Who Have Served Report, that was created in partnership with the Military Officers Association of America to provide comprehensive population-based insights into the health of those who have served in the military.

From the GAPNA Newsletter - Abby Luck Parish, ANP, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC, FNAP, an active GAPNA member since 2010, was awarded the 2018 Tradition Meets Innovation Award for her work redesigning Vanderbilt University School of Nursing’s core courses, where she works as an assistant professor teaching core courses for MSN students and statistics for DNP students.