NAPNAP update

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• Leadership
• Advocacy
• Practice
• Education
• Future Annual Conferences
  • 30th Annual Conference
  • 31st Annual Conference
• Research

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Leadership 

NAPNAP is celebrating its 35th year of service to the pediatric nursing profession. A new anniversary logo that commemorates NAPNAP’s 35 years of existence will be used on letterhead, envelopes, and appropriate promotional items during this celebration year. In honor of the momentous occasion, NAPNAP is embarking on a “35 dollars for 35 years” campaign, asking that all members donate $1 for each year of NAPNAP’s existence to the NAPNAP Foundation. For more information or to make a donation, please contact the National Office at www.napnap.org or telephone (856) 857-9700; members only: (877) 662-7627.

NAPNAP continues to develop the 2007-2010 Strategic Direction Summary, Themes, and Goals. Executive Board members focused on refining the document at the Summer Board meeting held in Philadelphia, PA, in June 2007. Board members also worked together to update NAPNAP’s statement on Retail-Based Health Clinics.

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Advocacy 

Visit www.napnap.org for the latest edition of Inside the Beltway E-News. This electronic newsletter was developed in a collaborative effort by the Health Policy Committee, NAPNAP’s Washington representatives, and the National Office to bring members the most updated information on legislation and health policy affecting infants, children, adolescents, and their families. This E-News replaces the member update that has been in the PNP Newsletter during the past several years. The Inside the Beltway E-News is distributed on a quarterly basis and sent via e-mail to all NAPNAP members who have an e-mail address on file.

If you would like to subscribe to NAPNAP’s legislative listserver, please send an e-mail message to legislative@list.napnap.org. Subscribing to this list will enable you to receive important updates and action alerts regarding legislation affecting children and PNP practice.

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Practice 

The NAPNAP Web site offers information for parents (in both English and Spanish) on infant nutrition from the HEAT Resource Kit. These informational pamphlets are titled, “Why Breastfeed?” and “Guide to Common Breastfeeding Problems.” Other bilingual patient education information such as “Successful Bottlefeeding” and “Building Blocks to Helping Toddlers Eat Well” is available at www.napnap.org.

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Education 

Plan to attend NAPNAP’s 29th Annual Conference, April 14-17, 2008, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville, TN (Pre-Conference Day: April 13, 2008).

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Future Annual Conferences 

30th Annual Conference 

March 19-22, 2009, Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, CA (Pre-Conference Day: March 18, 2009)

31st Annual Conference 

April 15-18, 2010, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL (Pre-Conference Day: Wednesday, April 14, 2010).

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Research 

Attention researchers: The NAPNAP mailing list can be released for a one-time use for purposes that help fulfill NAPNAP’s mission, including and usually limited to the distribution of materials for request for member research participation. General rules for obtaining a mailing list for research purposes state that access to the NAPNAP Member Mailing for research purposes is generally reserved to NAPNAP members only. Access to the NAPNAP Member Mailing for research purposes is generally reserved to nursing research, but may permitted for non-nursing research with special permission. For more information or to obtain a mailing list, please visit www.napnap.org.