Nancy Valentine |

Getting Value in Patient Advocacy Services – How Can Consumers Be Wise in Finding the Right Health Care Advocate who will indeed Advocate for Your Specific Needs?

Linda M. Raileanu, RN, MM/PA, BSN
President/CEO
Genuine Healthcare Resources, LLC

Continue reading Getting Value in Patient Advocacy Services – How Can Consumers Be Wise in Finding the Right Health Care Advocate who will indeed Advocate for Your Specific Needs?

Tales of a Family Caregiver~ Insights from the Trenches as to When to Laugh and When to Cry

Gloria F. Donnelly, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FCPP
Dean and Professor, College of Nursing and Health Profession
Drexel University
Editor in Chief, Holistic Nursing Practice

Continue reading Tales of a Family Caregiver~ Insights from the Trenches as to When to Laugh and When to Cry

To Pee or Not to Pee

Dr. Tamara Kear
Professor of Nursing, Villanova University
Villanova , PA

Continue reading To Pee or Not to Pee

To Move or Not to Move-The Health Benefits of Physical Activity

Joseph R. Libonati, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor
Director Biobehavioral Research Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA

Continue reading To Move or Not to Move-The Health Benefits of Physical Activity

Catching Your Breath-Living with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Lea Ann Matura, PhD, RN
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Continue reading Catching Your Breath-Living with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pain and Palliative Care Nursing- A Professional Journey of a Life Well Lived

Kathleen McDevitt, APRN, MSN, AOCN, BC-ACHPN
Manager, Pain and Palliative Care Program
Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, PA

Continue reading Pain and Palliative Care Nursing- A Professional Journey of a Life Well Lived

Getting to the “Heart” of Health Care Costs–Heart Failure and Medicare Costs

Dr. Barbara Riegel
Professor and Edith Clemmer Steinbright Chair of Gerontology
Director, Biobehavioral Research Center
Chair, Graduate Group in Nursing
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. Philadelphia, PA

Continue reading Getting to the “Heart” of Health Care Costs–Heart Failure and Medicare Costs

Heart Rhythm–What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You~ Atrial Fibrillation

Peter R Kowey, MD, FACC, FHRS Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Main Line Health System, Bryn Mawr, PA

Continue reading Heart Rhythm–What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You~ Atrial Fibrillation

Overcoming Adversity: A Nurse’s Journey of Resilience, Resolve and Rewards

Guest (s) Title (s) and Affiliation (s):

Rita K. Adeniran, DrNP, RN, CMAC, NEA-BC
Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Global Nurse Ambassador. Global Nurse Program
Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Continue reading Overcoming Adversity: A Nurse’s Journey of Resilience, Resolve and Rewards

Short or Tall? The Amazing Story of How Your Child Grows and the Role of Parents in Overseeing the Linear Growth Assessment of Children

Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Nursing of Children
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
Core Faculty in Center for Health Equity Research
Associated faculty in the Center for Public Health Initiatives
Distinguished Fellow of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships.
Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
Nurse practitioner in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Continue reading Short or Tall? The Amazing Story of How Your Child Grows and the Role of Parents in Overseeing the Linear Growth Assessment of Children