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Please help us congratulate the following GAPNA members who have recently been given distinguished honors. GAPNA is nothing without its strong and successful members. Congratulations on all of your achievements.

Annual Conference Features Robust Content and New Acute Care Track. GAPNA’s 2019 Annual Conference, October 3-5 in Las Vegas, NV, will feature a special track focused exclusively on acute care gerontological nursing. Attendees can earn up to 21 contact hours, including pre-conference workshops, on topics of prime interest to their practice, with pharmacology credit available for select sessions and additional workshops.

"National Healthcare Decision Day" by Michelle Moccia. National Healthcare Decision Day is celebrated every year in April... Once again GAPNA Great Lakes Chapter (GLC) members... helped plan, facilitate, and sponsor the event with St. Mary Mercy Hospital Livonia (SMML) on Tuesday, April 16.

Online registration for the 2020 Contemporary Pharmacology and Prescribing in Older Adults Conference is available now! The 2020 conference will be held April 14-18, 2020, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii! Earn up to 18.0 contact hours, which includes 18.0 hours of pharmacology credit.

During the Contemporary Pharmacology and Prescribing in Older Adults Conference, April 14th-18th, in Honolulu, HI, the GS-C Pen and Paper Exam will be offered on Saturday, April 18, 2020!

GAPNA invites you to attend an Industry Supported Presentation Theater (ISPT) at the 2019 conference in Las Vegas, NV. The programs were independently produced, not subject to review by GAPNA, and are not part of the scientific/educational program offered by GAPNA. Many more to be added!

We have a winner! Congratulations to our July Strive For Five Winner, Jennifer L. Kim, DNP, FAANP, GNP-BC, GS-C, FNAP! Each month one lucky Member-Get-A-Member participant will be entered in a drawing to win a free CE. And the next winner could be you!

The NEW APRN Gerontological Specialist Certification Study Guide is now available in the GAPNA Store! Over 60 practice questions, including an answer key and rationale; GAPNA Section articles in Geriatric Nursing Journal based on 12 GAPNA Consensus Statement of Proficiencies...

Dr. Katherine Jeter is impassioned! Register for the GAPNA Annual Conference and prepare to be astounded as this 80-year-old speaker describes a decade of fun and outrageous adventures that encourage her audience to "pick up the pace."