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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.

Elsevier is generously providing individual articles in the latest issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine exploring "Care for the Older Adult in the Emergency Department" free of charge until September 7, 2018... Download these articles today and share with your

GAPNA offers its sincerest congratulations to the Gerontological Society of America’s newest fellows for their outstanding and continuing work in gerontology...

Conference Attendees: The 2018 Annual GAPNA Conference Program Book is available to download now in the Online Library.

In a article from the New York Times by Elizabeth Yuko: When a loved one in another state is ill, virtually attending appointments is only part of the solution. Read this thoughful article.

This year's annual conference is being held in Washington, DC from September 26 – 29th. Don't miss your opportunity to earn up to 21.5 contact hours from premier gerontological education and network with like-minded colleagues from across the country. Register now!

Attention GAPNA conference attendees - if you have not done so already, please check your Registration Confirmation email for the official notification regarding all of the information you need to download and set up your GAPNA conference app! Find out about it!