Former ADVANCE senior associate editor Terri Schaefer, who is now communications manager for the Adult Congenital Heart Association, let me know recently that Susan M. Fernandes, MHP, PA-C, a physician assistant in the cardiology department at Children’s Hospital in Boston, was the lead author of a study published recently in the journal ...

The Society for PAs in Pediatrics 2011 CME conference took place last weekend in San Antonio, Texas, and the 150 attendees heard the latest from expert speakers, earned category 1 CME credits, visited supporters in the exhibit hall (including ADVANCE for NPs & PAs) and raised money for SPAP student scholarships at a silent auction. ...

For the first time, health advocates have designated a specific month for national attention to pediatric obesity. September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and as we near its end I'd like to share what a few nurse practitioner students have done to call attention to it. Last weekend, three NP students from Samuel Merritt ...