Iowa Association of Nurse Practitioners – Spring Conference

Reference: iowaanp.enpnetwork.com

The IANP Nurse Practitioner Spring Conference kicks off tomorrow, May 9th at the Iowa Methodist
Medical Center in Des Moines, IA.  The conference will begin at 8:30am with special keynote speaker, Mary Chesney, PhD, RN, CPNP, Health Policy Chair of NAPNAP, discussing the implications of the Affordable Care Act as it pertains to children and their families and share her insights from service to the NAPNAP organization. 

Jill Gilliland, President of Melnic Consulting Group, will hold a lunch presentation entitled, PNP Career Connections: Manage, Navigate, and Negotiate Your Way to a  Rewarding Career as a PNP.  PNP students, New Grads, and veteran Pediatric Nurse Practitioners are encouraged to attend. 
Additional presentations on Thursday include:  Talking with Teens: Adolescent Assent, Consent and Confidentiality – Debra Downing, ARNP, CPNP, MSN, Bipolar Disorder and Primary Psychosis in Children – Sasha Khosravi, DO, Hanging Out or Hooking Up? Addressing Adolescent Relationship Abuse – Binnie LeHew, MSW and Becky Parrish, DNP, WHNP-BC. 

Melnic Consulting Group is honored to sponsor the evening reception and poster session to conclude the first day of the conference. 

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Addition Information: 
SPECIAL GUEST FACULTY
Mary Chesney, PhD, RN, CNPN, Health Policy Chair, National Association of
Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners, and Clinical Assistant Professor,
Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, School of Nursing,
University of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota

SUPPORTING FACULTY
Alan Beste, ACT, LAT, Assistant Executive Director, Iowa High School Athletic
Association, Boone, Iowa
Luis Castagnini, MD, MPH, Blank Children’s Infectious Disease Clinic, Des
Moines, Iowa
Debra Downing, ARNP, CPNP, MSN, Blank Children’s Pediatric Clinic, Des
Moines, Iowa
Cheryll Jones, ARNP, BSN, CPNP, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Child Health
Specialty Clinics and Ottumwa Regional Hospital, Ottumwa, Iowa
Joe Kelly, IANP Legislative Liaison/Lobbyist, Des Moines, Iowa
Sasha Khosravi, DO, Mercy Franklin and Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa
Binnie LeHew, MSW, Office of Disability, Injury and Violence Prevention, Iowa
Department of Public Health, Des Moines, Iowa
Whitney Molis, MD, Pediatric and Adult Allergy, Iowa Methodist Medical Center,
Des Moines, Iowa
Kevin Officer, BS, Senior Environmental Specialist, Bureau of Lead Poisoning
Prevention, Division of Environmental Health, Iowa Department of Public
Health, Des Moines, Iowa
Becky Parrish, DNP, WHNP-BC, Clinical Policy Coordinator, Family Planning
Council of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
Amy Shriver, MD, Blank Children’s Pediatric Clinic, Des Moines, Iowa
Christopher Squier, PhD, DSc, Professor, Oral Pathology and Director, Global
Health Studies Program, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Brent Steinberg, MD, Pediatric Radiology, Blank Children’s Hospital, Des Moines,
Iowa


To inquire about these jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact: Jill Gilliland 800-886-7906 jill@melnic.com

Melnic Sponsors Luncheon for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Graduates

Melnic Consulting Group was thrilled to sponsor the 2011 Spring Luncheon honoring recent graduates of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Iowa. The luncheon was held in conjunction with their annual business meeting during the 2011 Spring Nurse Practitioner Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. The University of Iowa proudly recognized their PNP graduates and congratulated them on all their accomplishments.

The Nurse Practitioner Conference offered a wide variety of timely topics of interest to the practicing PNP including asthma and streptococcus pyogenes. They also covered topics such as, the influence of violent video games on aggression and attention problems of children, pediatric food allergies, and adequate nutrients in children’s diets - particularly their levels of Vitamin D.

The Melnic Consulting Group team had the privilege of meeting many of the students and PNPs from Iowa at the NAPNAP conference this past March. From our conversations, we learned that their PNP program began in the ‘70’s as a certificate program! It now ranks among the finest college of nursing graduate programs in the United States. Congratulations, new PNP grads, and best wishes for success in your nursing careers!

To inquire about PNP jobs visit Melnic Consulting Group or contact: Jill Gilliland 800-886-7906 jill@melnic.com