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People, places, and events
Journal of Pediatric Health
NAPNAP
Care
Sunday’s orientation was followed by a reception during which participants began networking. Monday we examined how health policy is made; Tuesday, we looked at federal agencies as they related to nursing. Wednesday was spent on Capitol Hill, lobbying senators and representatives and observing congressional hearings. Thursday was focused on coalition building; on Friday we reviewed some grassroot successes and summed up the total experience. Throughout the week we remained focused on our main objectives and structured our observations and learning around the general question: What can nurses do to influence health policy making? More than 30 speakers provided a wealth of information and examples from their own experience to help us answer that question. There are five ways
(Send items of interest
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in which we as nurses can shape health policy, which include the following: . Being knowledgeable about political issues . Being knowledgeable about the political process . Providing information to policy makers . Being an advocate for health policy . Becoming policy makers ourselves The agenda of the nursing profession includes the improvement of health care delivery for everyone. We work toward that goal in our daily practice, but the decisions of health policy makers often frustrate us. One lesson we learned as nurse in Washington interns is that nurses can be effective health care advocates. Small, individual efforts can make a difference in what a legislator knows and decides, but when we organize, our influence can be amazing!
PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS to Assistant Editor, Ruth G. Mullins; allow &month
lead time for meeting
announcement.)
8 EVENTS*
Sept. 6, 1989, “Certification Review Course for Pediatric Nurses,” Washington, D.C. Sept. 6-7, 1989, “Certification Review Course for Adult Nurse Practitioners,” Washington, D.C. Sept. 8-9,1989, “Certification Review Course for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners,” Washington, D.C., review course for certification examination by the National Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners/Associates and the American Nurses’ Association Contact: Virginia Millonig, l?hD, CPNP, Health Leadership Associates,P.O. Box 1682, W. Bethesda, Maryland 20817; (301) 299-2341 Sept. 14-17, 1989, Oregon Nurses Association Nurse Practitioner Special Interest Annual Educational Conference, Portland-Lloyd Center Red Lion Inn, Portland, Oregon Contact: Oregon Nurses Association, c/o Roz Reynolds, 1666 N.W. Eastbrook Court, Beaverton, OR
97005
Oct. 6-8,1989, ‘Trends in Pediatrics,” American Academy of Pediatrics, varied speakers, Marriott’s Mountain Shadows, Scottsdale, Arizona Contact: American Academy of Pediatrics, Division of Continuing Education, P. 0. Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927 Oct. 9-13, 1989, ‘Nursing Systems Toward Effective Parenting-Preterm-(NSTEP-P) Conference,” Seattle, Washington Oct. 21-26, 1989, Annual Meeting, American Academy of Pediatrics, varied speakers,Chicago, Illinois Contact: American Academy of Pediatrics, Division of Continuing Education, P. 0. Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927 Oct. 21-27, 1989, “NCAST Local Instructor Training Conference,” Seattle, Washington Contact: Nia Johnson-Crowley or Georgina Sumner, NCAST, WJ-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Sept. 20-21, 1989, Forty-sixth Annual Brennemann Me-
morial Lectures, Los Angeles Pediatric Society, varied speakers,Los Angeles Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California Contact: Eve Black, Los Angeles Pediatric Society, P. 0. Box 2023, Inglewood, CA 90305 *All Chapter programs have been approved for NAPNAP contact hours, which are also given for all PREP-approved AAP 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.
8 PLACES
Call for abstracts for poster sessions on research and clinical topics for the Fourth National MCN Convention to be held March 18-21, 1990, in Orlando, Florida. The convention is sponsored by AKN, The Arnwican Jownal ofMatema& Child Nut&g. Deadline for submission is July 30, 1989. Contact: Deborah Brown, The MCN Convention, George Little Management, Inc., 2 Park Ave., Suite 1100, New York, NY 10016.
NAPNAP
Care
Sunday’s orientation was followed by a reception during which participants began networking. Monday we examined how health policy is made; Tuesday, we looked at federal agencies as they related to nursing. Wednesday was spent on Capitol Hill, lobbying senators and representatives and observing congressional hearings. Thursday was focused on coalition building; on Friday we reviewed some grassroot successes and summed up the total experience. Throughout the week we remained focused on our main objectives and structured our observations and learning around the general question: What can nurses do to influence health policy making? More than 30 speakers provided a wealth of information and examples from their own experience to help us answer that question. There are five ways
(Send items of interest
Update
213
in which we as nurses can shape health policy, which include the following: . Being knowledgeable about political issues . Being knowledgeable about the political process . Providing information to policy makers . Being an advocate for health policy . Becoming policy makers ourselves The agenda of the nursing profession includes the improvement of health care delivery for everyone. We work toward that goal in our daily practice, but the decisions of health policy makers often frustrate us. One lesson we learned as nurse in Washington interns is that nurses can be effective health care advocates. Small, individual efforts can make a difference in what a legislator knows and decides, but when we organize, our influence can be amazing!
PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS to Assistant Editor, Ruth G. Mullins; allow &month
lead time for meeting
announcement.)
8 EVENTS*
Sept. 6, 1989, “Certification Review Course for Pediatric Nurses,” Washington, D.C. Sept. 6-7, 1989, “Certification Review Course for Adult Nurse Practitioners,” Washington, D.C. Sept. 8-9,1989, “Certification Review Course for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners,” Washington, D.C., review course for certification examination by the National Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners/Associates and the American Nurses’ Association Contact: Virginia Millonig, l?hD, CPNP, Health Leadership Associates,P.O. Box 1682, W. Bethesda, Maryland 20817; (301) 299-2341 Sept. 14-17, 1989, Oregon Nurses Association Nurse Practitioner Special Interest Annual Educational Conference, Portland-Lloyd Center Red Lion Inn, Portland, Oregon Contact: Oregon Nurses Association, c/o Roz Reynolds, 1666 N.W. Eastbrook Court, Beaverton, OR
97005
Oct. 6-8,1989, ‘Trends in Pediatrics,” American Academy of Pediatrics, varied speakers, Marriott’s Mountain Shadows, Scottsdale, Arizona Contact: American Academy of Pediatrics, Division of Continuing Education, P. 0. Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927 Oct. 9-13, 1989, ‘Nursing Systems Toward Effective Parenting-Preterm-(NSTEP-P) Conference,” Seattle, Washington Oct. 21-26, 1989, Annual Meeting, American Academy of Pediatrics, varied speakers,Chicago, Illinois Contact: American Academy of Pediatrics, Division of Continuing Education, P. 0. Box 927, Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927 Oct. 21-27, 1989, “NCAST Local Instructor Training Conference,” Seattle, Washington Contact: Nia Johnson-Crowley or Georgina Sumner, NCAST, WJ-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Sept. 20-21, 1989, Forty-sixth Annual Brennemann Me-
morial Lectures, Los Angeles Pediatric Society, varied speakers,Los Angeles Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California Contact: Eve Black, Los Angeles Pediatric Society, P. 0. Box 2023, Inglewood, CA 90305 *All Chapter programs have been approved for NAPNAP contact hours, which are also given for all PREP-approved AAP 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.
8 PLACES
Call for abstracts for poster sessions on research and clinical topics for the Fourth National MCN Convention to be held March 18-21, 1990, in Orlando, Florida. The convention is sponsored by AKN, The Arnwican Jownal ofMatema& Child Nut&g. Deadline for submission is July 30, 1989. Contact: Deborah Brown, The MCN Convention, George Little Management, Inc., 2 Park Ave., Suite 1100, New York, NY 10016.