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Be Antibiotics Aware: Smart use, Best Care - (From the CDC) - USAAW is an annual observance that raises awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. Find ways to Get Involved, and a Partner Toolkit.

These coalitions support initiatives and priorities aligned with the GAPNA overall goal of meeting the unique needs of older adults and the providers who care for them. The details of the nursing coalitions with whom GAPNA engages can be found in the provided information.

Select posters from the 2018 GAPNA Annual Conference are now available for viewing. All posters presentations in are PDF files. Poster presentations will remain available online for 1 year after the conference.

GAPNA MEMBERS: From the Health Affaris Committiee, Two new letters have been added to Legislative Issues - Regulatory Provisions on Burden Reduction Comment, and a Letter in Support of Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction... If not already, you will be prompted to login to your GAPNA member account to view.

From the GAPNA Newsletter - Each year, the GAPNA Foundation sponsors several fundraising events during the Annual Conference. At this year’s conference, there was a golf outing, a fun run/walk, a monument tour, and even Saturday morning yoga. An annual gift basket raffle was also held...

The 2019 Annual Conference will be held on October 2-5, 2019, at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. GAPNA is calling for: General, Concurrent, and Workshop Abstracts - due December 5, 2018, and also Podium and Poster Abstracts - due March 15, 2019.

...for the 2019 GAPNA Contemporary Pharmacology Conference! Highlights: Earn up to 11.5 hours of Pharmacology credit. Enjoy the stimulating sessions, all offered by experts in their field, including: Prescribing and De-Prescribing for the Older Adult Patient; Tips and Tricks for Prescribing COPD Medications and Inhaler Devices; and so much more.

United Health Foundation, in partnership with Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), is pleased to update America’s Health Rankings® - Health of Those Who Have Served Report. This 2018 report published in November 2018, highlights trends and insights...

New Article Addition to the Clinical Research Corner - For nurses who are tasked with helping to guide decisions related to the initiation of palliative care and advanced directives, no two scenarios are the same and ethical dilemmas can often arise. ADVANCE recently spoke with three nurses who shared their most frequent types of ethical decisions that they’re confronted with and how they have attempted to navigate specific encounters.

New Article Addition to the Clinical Research Corner - As trusted leaders for the expert care of older adults, GAPNA strongly encourages its members to read this timely report by Peter Buerhaus, a Health Care Economist and Professor of Nursing at Montana State University...