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GAPNA is redesigning our website, gapna.org, and we want it to be as valuable as it can be for you. Take our brief survey before November 19th to tell us about your professional needs, and enter a drawing to win a $20 Amazon gift card. Thanks in advance for your assistance!

As a conference attendee, you receive unlimited free access to all educational sessions from this conference. Access includes multimedia streaming and downloading. If you were unable to attend a session on site, attend it virtually now!

GAPNA is planning a redesign of its website! We want to make it easy to find what you need on the new website—so we want your help! We’ve prepared a quick, online sorting exercise so you can show us how you want GAPNA’s Website content organized. Your input will help us design a user-friendly website.

Home Health Orders for Nurse Practitioners under the Maryland Total Cost of Care (TCOC) Model. CR 11330 will enable all Medicare-enrolled nurse practitioners in Maryland to certify home health services for Medicare beneficiaries as part of the TCOC Model...

The GAPNA Newsletter - Winter 2019, Volume 38, Number 4, is now online! Enjoy a "Change the World," message from the newly installed GAPNA President Deborah Dunn! Other articles include Educators Lauded, a New Study Guide, Rising Star (who do you think it is?), a the upcoming 2020 Parma Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, a Historical Member Spotlight, Committee, SIG and Chapter News, and so much more!

Ron Ordona, DNP, FNP-BC, 2018-19 chair of the GAPNA House Calls Special Interest Group, was recently interviewed by Nurse.com for an article on the home care nursing shortage. Dr. Ordona discusses the heavy emotional, physical, and financial toll patients...

Select posters from the 2019 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.

From the GAPNA Newsletter - The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) recently recognized GAPNA member Valerie Gruss, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, FAAN, as an Edge Runner for her Dementia Guide Expert app. The Academy's Edge Runners are nurse innovators who have charted a new course and ushered in remarkable improvement to major healthcare challenges.

In observance of Thanksgiving, the AAACN National Office will be closed Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29, 2019, and will reopen Monday, December 2, 2019 at 8:30 am Eastern US.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Pneumococcal disease is common in young children, but older adults are at greatest risk of serious illness and death. Vaccines are the best way to prevent pneumococcal disease.