CONGRATULATIONS

Kudos to East Tennessee Children's Hospital, located in Knoxville, for enrolling 38 members in APSNA in 2013! That must be a record number from one institution. The challenge is on: What hospital can enroll more members in 2014?

Congratulations also to the following APSNA members who presented at the following meetings:

Raquel Pasaron

American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) 44th Annual Meeting

May 5, 2013 Scientific Session V

Nitrous Oxide Procedural Sedation in Non-Fasting Pediatric Patients Undergoing Minor Surgery: A 12-Year Experience

Raquel Pasaron, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, Jeannette A. Zerpa, MSN, ARNP, PNP-BC, Leopoldo Malvezzi, MD, Colin G. Knight, MD, Carmen T. Ramos-Irizarry, MD, Tina Shapiro, PhD, ARNP, PCNS-BC, Joanne Mora, PA-C, Cathy A. Burnweit, MD

Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL

Neil Ead

First Annual Congress on Nutrition Support Pharmacology in Lima Peru where over 500 participants learned from his lectures:

Hepatoprotective Strategies in the Management of Parenteral Nutrition Associated Liver Disease

Prevention of Central Line Infections in the Child With Intestinal Failure

Challenges in the Transition of Children With Chronic Conditions From Hospital to Home: Focus on Intestinal Failure

Prevention and Treatment of Complications Associated With Tube Feeding Devices

Prevention of Aspiration in the Patient Receiving Enteral Nutrition: Focus on Ventilator Associated Aspiration Pneumonia

Please continue to send your achievements, both personal and professional, to me as well so they can be recognized in our next edition. We would love to hear about publications, presentations, and awards to share them with our membership.

MEMBER SURVEY

Please take a moment to fill out our member survey when you renew your membership. The survey results will give us valuable information about how we can best serve our members. There is a link to the survey on the renewal page. It is brief but important.

BENEFITS

Please review our Web site often for information on the benefits available to you as a member of APSNA.

Our next conference will be in May 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. The discounted registration fee is a great financial benefit to our members. We received a sneak preview of the program content at our recent board meeting, and it promises to be a great educational opportunity. We hope to see you there.

Our education and research grants continue to be an underutilized benefit. If you are planning to continue your education or participate in conducting a research project or furthering your knowledge of wound and ostomy care, we have money available to assist you. All you have to do is apply. Find the applications on our Web page.

Sincerely,

Melanie Hanlon, RN, CNP, PC/AC

Membership Chair