GAPNA Board of Directors Election is Underway!Check your email for your ballot and voting instructions.
Please take a moment to read about this year’s candidates and why they feel they should be chosen for the position noted.
Call for Excellence Award NominationsThe awards are: the- Established Chapter Excellence Award, Special Interest Group Excellence Award, Excellence in Clinical Practice Award, Excellence in Community Service Award, Excellence in Education Award, Excellence in Leadership Award, and Excellence in Research Award. Just added - a brand new award: Emerging Chapter Award!
The nominations are tallied in July and the winners are announced every year during the Awards Celebration at the GAPNA Annual Conference.
Now is the time to nominate a colleague or yourself - due by June 1, 2016.
NEW! The goal of the Gerontology Resources for APRNs in Acute and Emergent Care Settings (“Acute Care Resource Guide”) is to make geriatric and gerontological content easily accessible to those caring for older adults in higher acuity care settings.
ONLINE NOW:Note the latest trends in the care, education, and research of the older adult population.
The GAPNA Clinical Resource CornerDesigned Especially
for the Gerontological Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
With over 106+ categories, the short features/articles contain valuable information tailored especially for Gerontological APRN's that will help them with patients, as well as increase their knowledge of this field of nursing. All of the articles directly affect, involve, and impact the elderly.
FREE continuing education credit is available for the following session:
PRESS RELEASE: PITMAN, NJ – Given the increasing number of older Americans who will require health care in the coming years, the role of the gerontological advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is more crucial than ever before. In response, the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA), an organization dedicated to promoting professional development and providing top quality education for advanced practice nurses, is developing a new APRN gerontology certification.
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"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...
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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.
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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.
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