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Professional Notes (Send items of interest to the Assistant Editor, Ruth G. Mullins, PhD, RN, CPNP, 6382 Heil Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647; e-mail
[email protected]; allow a 4-month lead time for meeting announcements.)
■ EVENTS October 19-20, 2002, 29th Postgraduate Course sponsored by Duke University Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, “Practical Management of Common Problems in Ambulatory Pediatric Patients—The Adolescent in Health and Disease,” Searle Center for Continuing Medical Education, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Contact: Thomas M. Murphy, Duke University Medical Center, Room 302 Bell Building, Box 2994 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710; phone: (919) 684-2289; fax: (919) 684-2292. October 22-25, 2002, Mosby’s Pediatric Nursing 2002, “Current Issues, Future Directions,” Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.
Contact: Jenny Besser, Mosby Continuing Education, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146; phone: (800) 826-1877; fax: (314) 453-4172; Web site: www.mosby.com/Ped. November 1-3, 2002, 16th Annual Southwest Regional Conference, sponsored by Loma Linda, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Chapters of NAPNAP, various speakers, Palm Springs, Calif. Contact: Southwest Regional Conference, c/o Rosenberg & Risinger: The Meeting Professionals, 5855 Green Valley Circle, Suite 101, Culver City, CA 90230-6965; phone: (310) 216-6722; fax: (310) 216-7327; e-mail:
[email protected]. March 31–April 5, 2003, 14th National Conference on Child Abuse and
Neglect, “Gateways to Prevention,” St. Louis, MO. Contact: The 14th National conference on Child Abuse & Neglect, 1901 North Moore St, Suite 201, Arlington, VA 22209; phone: (703) 528-0435; fax: (703) 528-7957; e-mail: 14Conf@ pal-tech.com.
■ IN MEMORY By the time you receive this issue, the 1st anniversary of the Attack on America will have passed. The editors and staff of the Journal Of Pediatric Health Care remember the event and sincerely wish that new hope will come to those who lost loved ones in the tragedy. May you find peace in knowing that they will always be in your heart and may you continue to find strength for a new tomorrow.
NAPNAP’s 24th Annual Nursing Conference on Pediatric Primary Care April 9-12, 2003 Gaylord Palm Resort and Convention Center Orlando, Florida Contact: Maureen Walker, A. J. Jannetti, Inc., (856) 256-2300 or visit the NAPNAP Web site (www.napnap.org)
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