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Volunteer Update Congratulations to Richard Ricciardi, MSN, RN, PNP, FNP, NAPNAP's President, for his recent appointment to the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)/ Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships Steering Committee. NAPNAP would also like to thank Ric, for recently attending the American College of Nurse Practitioners' Malpractice Insurance Issues Think Tank meeting in Washington, DC. The Think Tank was a one-day invitational meeting to consider malpractice insurance issues and the potential impact of escalating premiums on nurse practitioners and the care they provide. The agenda featured dialogue with major provides of liability coverage for nurse practitioners, as well as nurse attorneys with expertise in this area. NAPNAP thanks Professional Issues Chair Rosemary Liguori, PhD, PNP, for attending the American College of Nurse Practitioners' National Nurse Practitioner Summit. Rosemary attended a variety of presentations ranging from contracts negotiations to health policy. NAPNAP would like to congratulate Mary Beth Koslap Petraco, MS, APRN-BC, CPNP, on her reappointment to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). Mary Beth has been working on a number of projects for the NVAC for the past 3 1/2 years. She is a member of three work groups: vaccine safety and communication, public participation, and anthrax vaccine safety. NAPNAP thanks Michelle Beauchesne, DNSc, RN, CPNP, for participating on the Developmental and Psychosocial workgroup for the upcoming AAP Bright Futures Guidelines Toolkit. NAPNAP congratulates Andrea Kline, MS, RN, PCCNP, PNP, CCRN for her appointment to the FDA's Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. This committee reviews and evaluates data on the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational devices and makes recommendations for their regulation. NAPNAP thanks Jane Balkam, RN, CS, MSN, CPNP, IBCLC, for attending the Breastfeeding Promotion Consortium this past January. The meeting covered several topics including establishing lactation programs and challenges faced by nursing mothers and coalition building in communities, Jane also shared that the organization, the, National Hispanic Prenatal Helpline of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, has resources for Hispanic mothers. More information concerning this organization is available at their website www.hispanichealth.org. NAPNAP thanks Mary Ann Knott-Grasso, MS, CPNP, for participating in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine closed-door roundtable discussion that focused on current issues surrounding adolescent and adult Pertussis. The meeting was held September 14, 2004. NAPNAP thanks Julie Novak, DNSc, RN, CPNP, for continuing to serve as NAPNAP's representative on Nurse's for a Healthier Tomorrow Coalition (NHT). More information about NHT can be found at: www.nursesource.org. NAPNAP thanks Linda Jonides, BS, RN, CPNP, for her work as a member of the Pampers Parenting Institute (PPI) Advisory Board. The PPI is committed to providing parents with information and support from the leading experts in child health and development. In addition Linda answers parent questions at the "Ask an Expert" section of the website and she recently completed an update on breast feeding resources. The PPI has many resources for both parents and children. Visit the site at: www.pampers.com. NAPNAP congratulates Elizabeth Hawkins-Walsh, DNSc, CPNP, for her appointment to serve as the NAPNAP representative to the Guidelines for Adolescent Depression In Primary Care (GLAD-PC) guideline and toolkit development project. The purpose of this project is to develop clinical guidelines for the management of adolescent depression in primary care. The guidelines will address issues regarding the screening, diagnosis and treatment of depression in adolescents aged 10-21. For more information about the project, go online to: http://www.kidsmentalhealth.org/GLAD-PC.html. The project is being coordinated by the Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health at Columbia University. Karen KellyThomas, PhD, RNC, FAAN, Kathy Sawin, DNS, CPNP and Arlene Butz, ScD, RN, CPNP recently attended the annual meeting of the National Nursing Research Roundtable (NINR). The meeting, held on the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on March 11, 2005 was co-sponsored by the National Nursing Research Roundtable and the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society. The meeting provided an update on the Public Trust Initiative (PTI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Patricia Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), discussed the public perception of medical research and provided some results of focus group surveys conducted by Research! America. She also discussed the NIH Public Trust Initiative and ways that nursing professional organizations can participate. Another productive discussion focused on ways to bridge the divide between clinical practice and research. Our representatives shared that the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) 2005 Special Topics Conference, "Clinical Intervention Research to Improve Health." will be held October 9-10, 2005 in Washington, DC. NAPNAP thanks Elizabeth Kuehne, MSN, RN, PNP, for representing NAPNAP at the Healthy Foster Care American (HFCA) Summit in Washington, D.C. in April. The HFCA is a new program established by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The goal of the HFCA is to optimize the health and welfare of children in foster care. NAPNAP thanks Janet Mims, MS, CPNP, for continuing to represent NAPNAP for the AAP's Psychosocial Aspects of Child & Family Health program. She attended the most recent meeting in March at the AAP's office in Elk Grove Village, IL. NAPNAP thanks Teri Woo, MSN, CPNP, for participating in this year's review of off-patient medications used by children requiring further study under Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act. Teri also provided comments during last year's review process. Her expertise is greatly appreciated! NAPNAP thanks Cheryl Aldridge, MN, RN, CPNP, for participating in a review of the American College of Medical Genetics' (ACMG) Newborn Screening Report. NAPNAP thanks Jody Church, MSN, CPNP, for continued representation of NAPNAP on the Coordinating Mental Health Programming for Adolescents in School and Communities project sponsored by the American School Health Association (ASHA). In March, she attended a partner meeting in Atlanta and has been busy reviewing documents and providing her input. 
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