To request a registration brochure,contact:NAPNAP Registration DepartmentNAPNAP Conference ManagementOfficeEast Holly Avenue Box 56Pitman, NJ 08071-0056

856-256-2300 • FAX 856-589-7463

e-mail: napnap@ajj.com

Web site: www.napnap.org

Appointed by President Clinton to the White HouseCommission on Complementary and Alternative MedicinePolicy, Tieraona Low Dog, MD, is one of the country’s lead-ing experts on botanical medicine and integrative approachesto health. Named by Time magazine as an “Innovator inAlternative Medicine for 2001” she has spent the past 20 yearsworking to integrate the use of botanical medicines into thecurrent health care system. She currently is chair of the UnitedStates Pharmacopoeia Dietary Supplements and BotanicalsExpert Committee, and serves on the Scientific AdvisoryBoard for the National Institutes of Health Center forComplementary and Alternative Medicine Research in Agingand Women’s Health and the University of Illinois at

Chicago/National Institutes of Health Center for Botanical Dietary SupplementResearch in Women’s Health. She is a faculty member in the Department of Medicineat the University of Arizona, where she works with Dr. Andrew Weil’s FellowshipProgram in Integrative Medicine. In addition to her research, Dr. Low Dog is the authorof Gifts of the Earth: The Healing Way of Herbal Medicine and Tieraona’s Herbal:A Guide to Herbal Medicine. She has appeared on E!, ABC’s 20/20, and GoodMorning TV in London. She is a frequent guest on numerous radio programs in theUnited States and the United Kingdom, including NPR’s The People’s Pharmacy.

100 little babies in cardboard boxes strapped in the bellyof a gutted cargo jet. It was 1975, Saigon was falling to thecommunists, and LeAnn Theiman was “accidentally” caughtup in the Vietnam Orphan Airlift. An ordinary person, she strug-gled through extraordinary circumstances and found thecourage to succeed. Twenty years later she co-authored abook, This Must be My Brother, detailing the drama of theAirlift. Now, as a nationally recognized speaker, author, andnurse, LeAnn inspires audiences to make a difference in theworlds. LeAnn, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Nurse’sSoul, will inspire you to balance your life, truly live your priori-ties, and make a difference in the world.

Jeffrey C. Bauer, PhD, Senior Vice President at SuperiorConsultant Company, is a nationally recognized health futuristand medical economist with more than 25 years of success inacademic medicine and consulting. He has developed specialskills in forecasting and explaining key forces that define thefuture of health care. Dr. Bauer is an accomplished speakerand author, whose more than 100 books, articles, and videosfocus on the future of health care and describe practical, com-petitive approaches to restructuring the health care deliverysystem. His latest books include Telemedicine and theReinvention of Health Care and Not What the DoctorOrdered: How to End the Medical Monopoly in Pursuit ofManaged Care. He will open your eyes to the vision of thefuture and the important role of the nurse practitioner in thisfuture.

Julia Balzer Riley, MN, RN, HNC, has a master’s degreein Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing and has been speakingfor over 20 years. Her experience includes: staff nurse, clinicalnurse specialist, community mental health, faculty for diploma,baccalaureate, and graduate nursing, training and develop-ment, management development, and entrepreneur. As seenin Julie’s books, From Hearts to Hands, Humor in theWorkplace, and Communication in Nursing, the thread thatruns through her work is communication, the sacred connec-tions between people. Her area of specialization is health car-ing connections among caregiver and client, the client’s family,and other staff. Her mission is to Respirit, Reinspire, andRevitalize.

1. Provide an opportunity tocommunicate and networkwith colleagues from acrossthe country.

2. Expand knowledge base andstrengthen clinical skills ofPNPs in a variety of practicesettings.

3. Raise awareness of thediverse roles of the PNP as aprovider of health care toinfants, children, andadolescents in our changingenvironment.

4. Explore the challenges thataffect the future of health carefor children and families.

5. Develop resources toeffectively respond totransforming child healthissues.

Featured Speakers

ConferenceObjectives

Tieraona Low Dog

LeAnn Theiman

Julia Balzer Riley

Jeffrey C. Bauer

Wednesday, April 9, 200310:30 am -12:10 pm

Opening Keynote SessionCultural Influences on Healing

Tieraona Low Dog, MD

12:15 pm - 2:45 pmJournal of Pediatric Health Care

Manuscript Review Session

2:30 pm - 3:30 pmGeneral Session

Light a Single CandleLe Ann Theiman

3:50 pm - 5:00 pmPlenary Sessions

• Global Health Issues for Children• Atopic Dermatitis: An Integrated Approach

5:15 pm - 6:25 pm Plenary Sessions

• Sleepy, Dopey, and Grumpy: Sleep andSleep Disorders in Infants, Children, and

Adolescents• Legal Issues for PNPs

Thursday, April 10, 20037:00 am - 8:30 am

Concurrent Sessions• Complex Pediatric Coding

• Pediatric Vision Care• Fever and Rash in Children• Innovative Clinical Projects• KySS Campaign Update

• Infection in the Hospitalized Child

9:00 am - 10:30 amConcurrent Sessions

• Keys to Successful PNP Practice:Overcoming the Barriers

• Vision and Learning: More than 20/20• Fever and Rash in Children (Repeat)

• Clinical Research Papers• Blood Dyscrasias and the Primary PNP

• The Female Athlete Triad

Thursday, April 10, 200311:00 am - 12:00 noonConcurrent Sessions

• Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents• The Three Ts of Seizures: Types, Treatments,

and Thoughts• Cross Cultural Issues in Parenting Among

Immigrant Families• Genetics of Common Chronic Illnesses

• New Contraceptive Optionsfor Adolescents (] )

• Evidence-Based Medicine: Application toPractice

2:30 pm - 3:30 pmConcurrent Sessions

• Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents(Repeat)

• The Three Ts of Seizure: Types, Treatments,and Thoughts (Repeat)

• Cross Cultural Issues in Parenting AmongImmigrant Families (Repeat)

• Genetics of Common Chronic Illnesses(Repeat)

• New Contraceptive Optionsfor Adolescents (] ) (Repeat)

• Evidence-Based Medicine: Application toPractice (Repeat)

6:30 pm - 8:30 pmResearch Consultation Session

Friday, April 11, 20038:30 am - 9:55 amGeneral Session

PNPs and the Medical MonopolyJeffrey C. Bauer, PhD

10:10 am - 11:35 amPlenary Sessions

• Legislative Update: PNP Advocacy• What’s New in Childhood Immunization (] )

12:00 noon - 1:30 pmRoundtable Luncheon

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice• Adolescent Pregnancy

• Violence and the School-Age Child• Divorced Families

• Research Teams: How to Develop aResearch Team in Your Setting• Precepting: Facts and Fiction

• Chronic Illness in Children• Parenting and Discipline

2:00 pm - 3:00 pmOptional Session

Cutting Edge Update on PediatricPharmacology

Saturday, April 12, 20037:00 am - 8:00 amOptional Session

Eradicating Hepatitis A: What Will It Take?

8:10 am - 9:40 amConcurrent Sessions

• Clinical Application of Handheld Technology• Weighing in on Childhood Obesity

• Perplexing Pediatric Cases• Sexual Orientation and Adolescent Health:

The Role of the PNP in Primary Care • HIV Infection in Adolescents: Progress and

Challenges• Early Literacy in Pediatric Primary Care:

Reach Out and Read

10:00 am - 11:30 amConcurrent Sessions

• Clinical Application of Handheld Technology(Repeat)

• Weighing in on Childhood Obesity (Repeat)• Perplexing Pediatric Cases (Repeat)

• Sexual Orientation and Adolescent Health:The Role of the PNP in Primary Care (Repeat)

• HIV Infection in Adolescents: Progress andChallenges (Repeat)

• Early Literacy in Pediatric Primary Care:Reach Out and Read (Repeat)

11:50 am - 1:00 pmClosing Session

I’m transforming as fast as I can . . .please send C.H.O.C.O.L.A.T.E. ™

Julia Balzer Riley, MN, RN, HNC

Saturday, April 127:00 am - 5:30 pm

PNP Certification Review Course –Day 1

Sunday, April 137:00 am - 5:30 pm

PNP Certification Review Course –Day 2

In addition to these educational sessions,the conference will feature a wide arrayof professional and networking opportu-nities, including orientation for first-timeattendees, committee meetings, SpecialInterest Group meetings, and theNAPNAP Business Meeting.

Conference Educational Sessions-at-a-Glance

Read the complete brochure online at www.napnap.org

Tuesday, April 88:00 am - 5:00 pm

• Pediatric Pharmacology Update• Beginning Lactation Management

for the PNP

8:00 am - 10:00 amPediatric Radiology: Evaluation ofthe Child with Vomiting, Abdominal

Pain, or UTI

9:00 am - 12:00 noonImproving Outcomes in Acute

Otitis Media

10:30 am - 12:30 pmPediatric Radiology: Evaluation ofthe Child with Vomiting, Abdominal

Pain, or UTI (Repeat)

1:00 pm - 4:00 pmImproving Outcomes in Acute

Otitis Media (Repeat)

1:30 pm - 7:30 pmKySS Certificate II Workshop

2:00 pm - 5:00 pmOphthalmology Workshop

Wednesday, April 97:00 am - 9:00 am

Handling Office Emergencies

7:30 am - 10:30 am• Ophthalmology Workshop

(Repeat)• Integrating Hypnosis into

Pediatric Practice

8:00 am - 10:00 am• Evaluation and Management of

Pediatric Asthma• Yoga as a Path of Self-Care,Healing, and Transformation

Thursday, April 10, 20037:00 am - 9:00 am

Yoga as a Path of Self-Care,Healing, and Transformation

(Repeat)

6:30 pm - 8:30 pmWe Are Looking for a Few GoodNPs to Present at the NAPNAP

National Conference

Friday, April 11, 20032:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Child Care

2:30 pm - 6:30 pmInterpretation of Laboratory

Studies in Pediatrics: A Case-Based Approach

Please note: Each intensive work-shop has a limited enrollment and

requires an additional registration fee.

Continuing EducationParticipants who attend all confer-

ence sessions (including optional ses-sions) can earn a total of 24.2 contacthours. Contact hours are awarded onlyfor sessions that you attend. IntensiveWorkshop sessions have additionalcontact hours. Participants who attendthe Certification Review Course willearn 19.1 contact hours.

RegistrationQuestions about conference regis-

tration should be directed to the NAP-NAP Registration Department (856-256-2300). Written correspondenceshould be sent to: NAPNAP Registra-tion Department, East Holly AvenueBox 56, Pitman, NJ 08071-0056.

Conference registration fees are$325 for NAPNAP members and $445for nonmembers if received by March 1,2003. After March 1, registration feesare $350 for NAPNAP members and$470 for nonmembers. Please note thateach Intensive Workshop session has a

limited enrollment and requires an addi-tional registration fee.

The complete registration brochureis available on NAPNAP’s Web site atwww.napnap.org.

Hotel ReservationsNAPNAP has a special block of

rooms at the Gaylord Palms Resort &Convention Center, 6000 W OsceolaParkway, Kissimmee, FL 34736. Toreserve your room, please call theresort (407-586-2000) by the reserva-tion cut off date of March 14, 2003.Reservations received after this datewill be accepted on a space availablebasis. Rates are $199 (single/double),plus prevailing state and local occupan-cy taxes currently at 12%.

ExhibitsNumerous booths representing

many products and services along withassociations and hospitals will be in theexhibit hall. A wide variety of represen-tatives from many facets of pediatrics

will be available to talk with you andshow you their materials. If there is acompany or organization you would liketo exhibit, tell them about the NAPNAPconference. To obtain an ExhibitorProspectus, call 856-256-2300 and askfor Cheryl McHale.

VIPs Needed (Volunteers:Interested and Participating)

Get more involved in the confer-ence, meet new people, and network byserving as a VIP. VIPs are needed toassist with monitoring educational ses-sions, audiovisual assistance, speakerintroductions, and other responsibilities.If interested, please contact: MelaniePercy, Program Chairperson, NAPNAPNational Office, 20 Brace Road, Suite200, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-2633; 856-857-9700; FAX 856-857-1600.

General Information

Intensive Workshops At-a-Glance