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Register Now for the 2018 Annual Conference. As the premiere educational event for gerontological nurse practitioners, this conference is crafted to meet your unique needs. There's still time to capitalize on up to $100 in savings when registering for the GAPNA 2018 Annual Conference!

Michelle Moccia's final message as GAPNA President, "Reaching Our Goals," Rising Star: Patti Parker; a new appointment for Marianne Shaughnessy, three historical nursing stories, six busy GAPNA chapters weigh-in; and a bunch Committee and SIG news!

From the GAPNA Newsletter - Patti Parker: Educator, Clinician, and Patient Advocate! Patti Parker, PhD, RN, A/GNP, is GAPNA’s Rising Star for Fall 2018. She is Assistant Professor, Clinical Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI), and is also a staff member at a dermatology clinical practice in Dallas, TX. She had been a GAPNA member for 5 years.

Every year at our annual conference, GAPNA strives to give back to the local community of older adults in need. This year in Washington, DC we are partnering with Iona, an organization that supports older adults as they experience the challenges and opportunities of aging. GAPNA is choosing to donate toiletry items and gift cards to older adults in need.

You can experience the 2018 Annual Conference through the added benefits of the GAPNA Online Library! GAPNA is pleased to provide these valuable benefits of the Online Library to full conference attendees...

JUST ADDED - These sample questions are provided by GNCC to familiarize applicants with the type of questions on the exam. The questions in this quiz do not represent an actual exam in format, length or content coverage. Look for "SAMPLE GS-C EXAMINATION QUESTIONS."

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Pamela Cacchione, PhD, the Ralston House Endowed Term Chair in Gerontological Nursing and a Nurse Scientist at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (PPMC), has been appointed a 2018-2019 Penn Nursing Innovation Fellow.

The Gerontological Advance Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) invites you to attend an Industry Supported Presentation Theater (ISPT) the 2018 conference in Washington, DC. View the scheduled ISPT date and time listings.

This insightful article was written by Dr. Ron Billano Ordona, DNP, FNP-BC, the new Chair of the GAPNA House Call SIG. "For us in the house calls practice, as soon as we see our first elderly, homebound patient of the day, we get the rewarding feeling that these vulnerable seniors would have ended up in the emergency department..."

Michelle Moccia, DNP, ANP-BC, CCRN, GS-C, and Valerie Sabol, PhD, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAANP, talked with NURSE.COM about the expanding roles of APNs in gerontology, its rewards and challenges and how the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association supports APNs in research, education and practice.