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.
Education
Future Annual Conferences
29th Annual Conference: April 14-17, 2008, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville, TN (Pre-Conference Day: April 13, 2008).
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).
For nurse practitioner students
NAPNAP offers discounts for both membership and participating in our Annual Conference. Students may enjoy all the benefits that practicing nurse practitioners enjoy as Associate Members, including the networking opportunities and access to NAPNAP’s Career Center that may help you as you enter the profession.
For professionals
NAPNAP provides a range of continuing education opportunities through a variety of delivery channels: in print, in electronic formats, online, and in person. NAPNAP’s continuing education offerings are diverse, high quality, and accessible. Make NAPNAP your choice for continuing education programs for maintaining your license and certification. Visit www.napnap.org and click on the Education tab for more information.
Practice
Career Resource Guide
NAPNAP’s Career Resource Guide is for all nurse practitioners, both novice and experienced, and covers topics ranging from searching for a job and the interview process to topics for contract negotiation. The Resource Guide includes other important practice information such as provider numbers, malpractice insurance, and reimbursement, to name a few. When you purchase the full Career Resource Guide, not only do you receive all sections in the table of contents, but you will receive a valuable CD-ROM containing two nurse practitioner contract templates that can be used to develop your own employment contract. Visit www.napnap.org and click on the Practice tab for more information.
Position Statements
NAPNAP adopts positions on myriad issues regarding children’s health and professional nursing practice. We follow a rigorous process, beginning with the approval of the pursuit of a position, as well as in the actual development of each position. All of our position statements must be approved by NAPNAP’s Executive Board. NAPNAP’s position statements are regularly reviewed to ensure they meet evolving standards and best practices. All regular position statements from NAPNAP automatically expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed, revised, or retired at or before that time.
NAPNAP also supports position statements from other organizations. For example, NAPNAP is pleased to support the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation’s Position Statement on Health Professionals and Environmental Health Education. This statement covers many aspects related to the need for improvements in health professionals’ environmental health knowledge.
Collaborations
Members from NAPNAP and the Society of Pediatric Nurses have been working for the past several months on the development of a unified Scope and Standards for Pediatric Nursing. Both a writing work group and a reviewer work group have served our organizations well to develop a unique document, which will be published by the American Nurses Association. The document provides a comprehensive summary of the professional role of pediatric nurses in all settings and in all levels of practice. All members of NAPNAP and the Society of Pediatric Nurses will have the opportunity to provide comment on the document. A draft document is posted online. NAPNAP encourages all members to review the document and provide the requested feedback so that the final document is reflective of your roles. Thank you in advance for taking the time to provide your valuable feedback. Please check the NAPNAP Web site (www.napnap.org) for the posting!
NAPNAP developed a joint statement with the American College of Nurse Practitioners, the National Association of School Nurses, and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties on Adolescent Immunizations: Nurses Can Make a Difference. The statement covers important issues related to immunizations in the adolescent population. The Statement is available for viewing on the NAPNAP Web site (www.napnap.org) under the Practice tab.
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