Welcome back to CPNP Perspectives
Everyone from the PNCB wishes you all the best in 2009, and we hope 2008 was a wonderful year for you and your family.
Here's what 2008 brought for the PNCB... and what's new for 2009:
Updates to the Primary Care CPNP® Exam.
The PNCB completed comprehensive role delineation research in 2008
and updated this exam's content outline. More than 1500 CPNPs® responded to our role survey highlighting the practice
competencies linked to quality primary care PNP practice. We invite you to read our press release, review the updated content outline and view a PowerPoint describing the updates.
Updated exam forms went into effect this past October.
Primary Care CPNP-At-Large Board Position Open. The PNCB Board of Directors seeks nominations for this special position,
which was designed to broaden the representative voice of the community of practicing CPNPs® on issues related
to pediatric nursing certification. The three-year term for this board
position starts July 2009. This is a great opportunity to become more involved in
the many important issues impacting national certification for pediatric nurse practitioners and general practice pediatric nurses.
Please email your intent to apply to info@pncb.org by March 9, 2009. Applicants have until March 16, 2009 to submit their materials.
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Visit us at NAPNAP in San Diego! Drop by booth 502 to say hello and receive a "PNCB Certified" ribbon for your name badge.
In addition, a PNP Student Reception will take place on Wednesday, March 18th, and we invite all PNP students and faculty to attend this event.
If you have questions about any of the above, please contact us at pncb@pncb.org so we can help.
Kudos Corner
Cathy J. Sizer, CPNP, practices on St. Simon's Island, Georgia and has developed Ready...Set...GO! Club, a comprehensive, individualized program of assessment and goal-setting to teach
children and adolescents in her practice about healthy lifestyles. Exercise options within family budgets are shared and participants earn certificates for reaching goals. This program is based on
guidelines developed by the AAP and NAPNAP.
Kristen Marie Haight, CPNP, practices in both a pediatric neurosurgical and primary care setting, and has had two more books published by Tate Publishing.
Proceeds from the children's story Fifi and the Prodigal Skunk will benefit the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Proceeds from her new juvenile novella, Maile's Lei Helani, will support women's cancer research, awareness and treatments throughout the US.
Theresa (Terri) Kyle, CPNP, has published two undergraduate nursing textbooks: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing (2008) and, with co-author Susan Ricci, Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (2009).
Both books are published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Congratulations to each of you! Have you recently accomplished something related to pediatrics?
Email feedback@pncb.org so we can share your great news with your colleagues in the next Kudos Corner.
What's on our bookshelves?
This month, a comprehensive task force that included representatives of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) and the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN)
met at the PNCB National Office to review the results of our Child and Adolescent Behavioral and Mental Health Exam Needs Assessment Survey. Below are titles in this area that may be of interest.
Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health
(Tool Kit and Practice Guides)
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health: 2002
Improving Children's Mental Health Through Parent Empowerment: A Guide to Assisting Families
Peter Jensen and Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood
Oxford University Press: 2008
KySS (Keep Your Children/Yourself Safe and Secure) Guide to Child Adolescent Mental Health Screening, Early Intervention and Health Promotion
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN and Zendi Moldenhauer, PhD, RN-CS, PNP, NPP
NAPNAP: 2006
Psychosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Disorders: Empirically Based Strategies for Clinical Practice
Euthymia Hibbs and Peter Jensen
American Psychological Association: 2005
School Health Policy and Practice
American Academy of Pediatrics: 2004
Treating Children's Psychosocial Problems in Primary Care
Beth Wildman and Terry Stancin
Information Age Publishing: 2004
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2009 Dates to Remember
Here is a handy list of special dates and events for 2009.
March 15-21: National Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
March 19-22: The 2009 NAPNAP Conference in San Diego
May 7: National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
May 15: Self-Assessment Exercise (SAE) Answer Sheets due
If you participated in an SAE.
June 17 - 21: The AANP 24th National Conference
October 1: Recertification Begins
October 1 - 31: Children's Health Month
October 9 - 15: National Pediatric Nursing Week
November 8 - 14: National Nurse Practitioner Week
And Don't Forget...
• Planning a change for 2009? If you've made any changes, like home address, phone numbers or email addresses, please help us keep your record current.
Log in at www.pncb.org and click on the "About Me" section of your profile
to make updates, or send a quick email to addresschange@pncb.org.
• Your Elsevier Discount. All CPNPs® save 10% on books published by Elsevier regardless of subject when you log in at www.pncb.org.
Whether you're taking classes or building your personal library, this benefit of being PNCB certified also gives you free shipping and handling.
• Save at Lands' End! You can save 10% at your Lands' End CPNP® e-Store with or without your credential embroidered on the items you choose.
Visit http://ces.landsend.com/cpnp to access this benefit.
We hope you enjoyed this edition of CPNP Perspectives. Look for the next issue in your inbox this spring!
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