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People, places, and events
PEOPLE, PLACES,AND EVENTS (Send items of interest to Assistant Editor, Ruth G. Mullins; allow 4-month lead time for meeting announcement.) 9 EVENTS NAPNAP Chapter Activities 9 HOUSTON CHAPTER
January 1, 1994, "Genetic Disorders & Tuberous Sclerosis," Hope Northrup, MD, speaker, 2525 Murworth, Houston, TX 77030. November 11, 1994, "Primary Hypertension in Children," Robert Yetman, MD, speaker, 2525 Murworth, Houston, TX 77030. Contact: Grace Chimene, 15718 Cavendish, Houston, TX 77069; (713)921-7176. 9
MARYLAND CHAPTER
Contact: Robbie Webb, The Center for Child Protection, 801 Frost Street, San Diego, CA 92123; (619)4954940. July 14-17, 1994, "Nurse Practitioners Creating New Health Care Realities," 19th National Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Symposium, varied speakers, Keystone Resort, Keystone, Colorado. Contact: Nurse Practitioner Symposium Office, UCHSC SON, 4200 E. 9th Ave, Box C287, Denver, CO 80262; (303)270-7436. June 3-4, 1994, First National Primary Health Care Conference, Graduate Department of Seton Hall University, Varied speakers, Sheraton--Tara Hotel, Parsippany, New Jersey. Contact: Margo Griffin, Conference Chairperson, Seton Hall University, College of Nursing. (201)761-9272.
April, 1994, Current Concepts on Timely Topics, A series of presentations on Cardiology, Psychosocial Issues in 9 PLACES Chronic Illness, Atypical TB, & HIV Update, varied speakers, Ramada Inn, Beltsville, Maryland. PROmedica Communications has been granted NAPNAP Contact: Marilyn Vahovich, 12602 Prospect Knolls Drive, approval as a Continuing Education Provider. Selected Bowie, MD 20720, (202)635-6142. offerings are available for NAPNAP CEUs. Please contact Katherine Dietzen, Agency CE Coordinator, 9 SAN DIEGO CHAPTER PROmedica Communications, Room 832, 342 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10173; (212)808-5490. January 22, 1994, "Asthma Management," Richard O'Conner, MD, speaker, San Diego, California. Call for Papers--1994 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Contact: Rener P. McLeod, 10093 Branford Road, San Diego, CA 92129. ON FAMILY VIOLENCE, sponsored by the University of Nebraska, July 14-16, 1994. For information 9 TEXAS CHAPTER contact: Center for Continuing Education, UNMC, 600 South 42nd St., Omaha, NE 68198-5651, teleJanuary 12, 1994, "Pediatric Dermatology," L Roberts, phone (402)559-4152, fax (402)559-5915. MD, speaker, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. The American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses March 2, 1994, "Legislative Issues Affecting the PNP," is accepting abstracts for its 1 lth Annual Educational Kathy Thomas, CPNP, speaker, Children's Medical Conference to be held September 1994 in Las Vegas, Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Nevada. You are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentation or poster session that address the conferOther Programs* ence theme, "Managing Diverse Needs in Spinal Cord Injury Practice." Suggested topics include clinical techDecember 10-12, 1993, "Pediatric Update," American nology influencing SCI nursing practice, advanced SCI Academy of Pediatrics, varied speakers, Williamsburg anatomy and physiology, humor and nursing, collabLodge and Conference Center, Williamsburg, Virginia. orative practice, wholistic health, and psychosocial dyContact: American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest namics. Deadline for submission is February 1, 1994. Point Blvd., PO Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009For futher information or to obtain application mate9920. rials contact: AASCIN, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson January 24-28, 1994, 'q'he San Diego Conference on ReHeights, NY 11370-1177; (718)803-3782. sponding to Child Maltreatment," varied speakers, Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, California. 9 PEOPLE
*All Chapter programs have been approved for NAPNAP contact hours, which are also given for all PREP-approvedAAP and NAACOG programs. Unless otherwise indicated, the reader should Write to the contact person or the national office of NAPNAP to verify whether NAPNAP contact hours will be granted in the program.
In Memory: Dr. Vicld Owsley It is with sadness that the editors report the untimely death of Dr. Vicki Owsley, a manuscript reviewer of JPHC. Dr. Owsley died in a fatal automobile accident on Saturday, August 21, 1993. Our condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. iii lul
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January 1, 1994, "Genetic Disorders & Tuberous Sclerosis," Hope Northrup, MD, speaker, 2525 Murworth, Houston, TX 77030. November 11, 1994, "Primary Hypertension in Children," Robert Yetman, MD, speaker, 2525 Murworth, Houston, TX 77030. Contact: Grace Chimene, 15718 Cavendish, Houston, TX 77069; (713)921-7176. 9
MARYLAND CHAPTER
Contact: Robbie Webb, The Center for Child Protection, 801 Frost Street, San Diego, CA 92123; (619)4954940. July 14-17, 1994, "Nurse Practitioners Creating New Health Care Realities," 19th National Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Symposium, varied speakers, Keystone Resort, Keystone, Colorado. Contact: Nurse Practitioner Symposium Office, UCHSC SON, 4200 E. 9th Ave, Box C287, Denver, CO 80262; (303)270-7436. June 3-4, 1994, First National Primary Health Care Conference, Graduate Department of Seton Hall University, Varied speakers, Sheraton--Tara Hotel, Parsippany, New Jersey. Contact: Margo Griffin, Conference Chairperson, Seton Hall University, College of Nursing. (201)761-9272.
April, 1994, Current Concepts on Timely Topics, A series of presentations on Cardiology, Psychosocial Issues in 9 PLACES Chronic Illness, Atypical TB, & HIV Update, varied speakers, Ramada Inn, Beltsville, Maryland. PROmedica Communications has been granted NAPNAP Contact: Marilyn Vahovich, 12602 Prospect Knolls Drive, approval as a Continuing Education Provider. Selected Bowie, MD 20720, (202)635-6142. offerings are available for NAPNAP CEUs. Please contact Katherine Dietzen, Agency CE Coordinator, 9 SAN DIEGO CHAPTER PROmedica Communications, Room 832, 342 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10173; (212)808-5490. January 22, 1994, "Asthma Management," Richard O'Conner, MD, speaker, San Diego, California. Call for Papers--1994 NATIONAL CONFERENCE Contact: Rener P. McLeod, 10093 Branford Road, San Diego, CA 92129. ON FAMILY VIOLENCE, sponsored by the University of Nebraska, July 14-16, 1994. For information 9 TEXAS CHAPTER contact: Center for Continuing Education, UNMC, 600 South 42nd St., Omaha, NE 68198-5651, teleJanuary 12, 1994, "Pediatric Dermatology," L Roberts, phone (402)559-4152, fax (402)559-5915. MD, speaker, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. The American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses March 2, 1994, "Legislative Issues Affecting the PNP," is accepting abstracts for its 1 lth Annual Educational Kathy Thomas, CPNP, speaker, Children's Medical Conference to be held September 1994 in Las Vegas, Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Nevada. You are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentation or poster session that address the conferOther Programs* ence theme, "Managing Diverse Needs in Spinal Cord Injury Practice." Suggested topics include clinical techDecember 10-12, 1993, "Pediatric Update," American nology influencing SCI nursing practice, advanced SCI Academy of Pediatrics, varied speakers, Williamsburg anatomy and physiology, humor and nursing, collabLodge and Conference Center, Williamsburg, Virginia. orative practice, wholistic health, and psychosocial dyContact: American Academy of Pediatrics, 141 Northwest namics. Deadline for submission is February 1, 1994. Point Blvd., PO Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009For futher information or to obtain application mate9920. rials contact: AASCIN, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Jackson January 24-28, 1994, 'q'he San Diego Conference on ReHeights, NY 11370-1177; (718)803-3782. sponding to Child Maltreatment," varied speakers, Town & Country Hotel, San Diego, California. 9 PEOPLE
*All Chapter programs have been approved for NAPNAP contact hours, which are also given for all PREP-approvedAAP and NAACOG programs. Unless otherwise indicated, the reader should Write to the contact person or the national office of NAPNAP to verify whether NAPNAP contact hours will be granted in the program.
In Memory: Dr. Vicld Owsley It is with sadness that the editors report the untimely death of Dr. Vicki Owsley, a manuscript reviewer of JPHC. Dr. Owsley died in a fatal automobile accident on Saturday, August 21, 1993. Our condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. iii lul
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