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PNP Corner
The relationship of parental eating behaviors and their children and adolescents’ weight
November 23, 2020
Encourage parents to model healthful eating behaviors and positive relationships with good eating habits.
Hyperactivity, learning disabilities, and social isolation…COVID-19 and its effects on ADHD
October 26, 2020
COVID-19 has created many stresses: mental, job-related, and health. For some caregivers, these stressors are complicated further with caring for a child with attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD).
Emerging dermatologic conditions in the presence of COVID-19 pandemic
September 21, 2020
Growing evidence indicates that COVID-19 impacts more than the respiratory system. Clinicians should keep an eye out for dermatologic conditions that may be associated with the illness.
Let’s proactively stop another public health nightmare!
August 20, 2020
This is the critical moment in time for all health care providers to proactively stop this potential public health nightmare by speaking with all parents and adolescents about the absolute need for everyone to receive the influenza vaccine.
Practice Resources & FAQ
August 12, 2020
Our practice resources and frequently asked questions page seeks to answer any inquiry you may have related to professional practice.
Advocacy Center
August 12, 2020
Use NAPNAP’s Advocacy Center to stay up to date on our priority child health and practice legislation.
Position/Official Statements
August 12, 2020
As a professional organization in its fifth decade, NAPNAP is rich in experience and history when it comes to advanced practice nursing and children’s healthcare.
Member Benefits
August 12, 2020
With more than 8,000 members nationwide, NAPNAP is the professional association for pediatric nurse practitioners and other pediatric APRNs, including FNPs who treat children.
Identification of children at high-risk for MIS-C
July 17, 2020
Every pediatric provider including pediatric nurse practitioners and pediatric nurses working in hospital or in outpatient settings must know the various ways children and adolescents may present with possible COVID-19 symptoms. They must also know which patients are at high risk of developing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
Delivery of primary care services amid the COVID-19 pandemic
June 23, 2020
COVID-19 has wrought many changes, including how medical practices provide care and keep patients safe.
Severe COVID-19 in children: Now termed MIS-C
May 26, 2020
It was initially thought that children were primarily unaffected by COVID-19 and were asymptomatic carriers if they did have the disease. The rise of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) has radically changed this thinking.
COVID-19 remains a major threat to our nation’s health and well-being
April 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, but many questions remain. Questions like: How are children coping with the trauma many families are currently experiencing in their family lives? Are schools and pediatric offices prepared to help children and adolescents cope with their losses?
Our world is upside down-COVID-19 is the culprit
March 23, 2020
The world in which we live, work, socialize, learn, and play has turned upside down and is spinning out of control, directly related to COVID-19. Numerous questions have emerged and more emerge every day: How do we make sense of our world that changes direction within a millisecond of time?
Don’t forget the value of the PNP on the cystic fibrosis team!
February 24, 2020
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an emotionally and medically complex disorder. Advancements on the care management for children with CF are very promising. Pediatric nurse practitioners are a critical part of that team.
Are the issues and attitudes PNPs have similar to or different from pediatricians?
January 28, 2020
I believe that professional practitioners survey results/research, and especially comparative survey results, offer professionals and professional organizations opportunities to make impactful change, and, in this case, changes that can improve health care delivery for infants, children, adolescents, and their families.
Advocate for removal of toxic heavy metals in baby foods
December 19, 2019
As advocates for child health, PNPs should actively support the Healthy Babies Bright Futures recommendations to create public health policies that ensure food safety and the removal of toxic heavy metals from infant and toddler food supplies. In fact, our advocacy should go beyond the infant food supply to all foods, to protect the health and well-being of all individuals regardless of age. Toxic metals should not be a part of anyone’s daily dietary intake.
Educational updates help improve pediatric healthcare outcomes
November 25, 2019
Pediatric educational and policy conferences are always special, providing opportunities to update knowledge and practice skills; introduce new practice guidelines with rationales for evidence-based changes; present the most recent research findings that have the potential to improve practice and healthcare outcomes; and unequalled opportunities for networking.
Providers need to consistently implement immunization schedules
October 21, 2019
The evidence is clear: Practitioners who fail to administer immunizations according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices schedules results in adverse outcomes for children and adolescents who are needlessly exposed to vaccine preventable diseases.
Cannabidiol use: We do not know the potential to harm
September 24, 2019
I totally agree with Dr. Schuman’s perspective in his article that “it is inappropriate and irresponsible for pediatricians [and I include, PNPs] to encourage the use of cannabidiol (CBD) until more studies are available” to assure the safety and efficacy of CBD are clearly established in rigorous randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs).