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GAPNA Pharmacology Conference:
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Call for Excellence Award NominationsThe awards are: Emerging Chapter Award, 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.
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 - DEADLINE is June 1, 2020.
Poor oral health for all older adults can result in higher risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and oral cancer.
Findings from this study indicated older veterans needed to improve their oral hygiene habits but barriers to oral hygiene performance prevented them from receiving and performing oral hygiene measures.
To learn more, see Jennings (2015). Assessing oral hygiene in hospitalized older veterans. MEDSURG Nursing, 24(6), 420-424.
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