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GAPNA is proud to announce a new APRN Specialty Certification in Gerontology – the APRN Gerontological Specialist Certification (GS-c). See the newly added "Exam Application and Guidelines Highlighted Areas."

GAPNA attended the Congressional Briefing on the Opioid Crisis hosted by the Nursing Community on December 7th, 2017. The briefing featured four nursing experts who each offered a different perspective on how the profession is on the front lines of saving patients impacted by opioid addiction.

The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), a leader in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) movement since the early 2000s, hosted a highly successful DNP Summit on December 18, 2017 in Washington D.C.

Join the Ohio Chapter of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse for their 10th Annual Conference, Saturday, April 14, 2018 at the Embassy Suites Akron Canton Airport in North Canton, Ohio.

"The Value and Versatility of Palliative Care." Please join us on Saturday February 3rd in Atlanta, GA. We have an amazing line-up of speakers! We are offering 6 hours of CEU through ANCC and NASW. NPs, PA, MDs, SWs, RNs are all invited to attend!

Northern California Chapter of the Gerontological Advance Practice Nurses Association offers its 12th Geriatric Update Conference:  Improving Care for Older Adults.

On Feb. 15 at 6:30pm, the Chicagoland chapter of GAPNA is hosting a chapter meeting with guest speaker Denise R Wilson MSN, CNS. She will be presenting "MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VAD)"...

If you missed an eAlert, here's your chance to catch up. Check out the GAPNA e-Alerts Archive which features bi-monthly issues that contain relevant legislative news, Chapter events, timely topics of interest.

We are pleased to offer you 5.4 free contact hours from 5 different sessions captured at a variety of specialty nursing associations' meetings! Because GAPNA shares its headquarters with several other specialty nursing associations, they all decided to team up to give you a little something extra as a thank you for your GAPNA membership.

Beyond the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit, January 25, 2018, 4-5 PM EST. The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) remains an underutilized copay-free visit available to patients:  in 2014, only 15% of eligible patients received an AWV. Despite this overall underutilization, approximately 40% of primary care clinicians reported performing an AWV in 2014.