GAPNA Chat

In this episode, Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Jennifer Kim, DNP, GNP-BC, GS-C, FNAP, FAANP, a certified gerontological nurse practitioner and professor of nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, and the current president of GAPNA. Dr. Kim discusses polypharmacy; result...

In this episode, Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Jody White, DNP, RN, NE-BC, the Director of Care Delivery Innovation for Hospital at Home at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Dr. White discusses the trends and motivators impacting strategies that support teamwork, mindset, and c...

GAPNA Chat provides interviews and discussions with GAPNA leaders and members of the gerontological health care community, and will focus on advocacy, policy, education, professional development, research, and clinical care for older adults. In this special episode, the current President of GAPNA, Jennifer Kim, DNP, GNP-BC, GS-C, FNAP, FAANP, and Immediate Past President Natalie Baker, DNP, CRNP,...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Michelle Wade, MSN/Ed, APRN, AGNP-C, ACNPC-AG, FAANP, the Lead Hospitalist at Gifford Medical Center in rural Randolph, Vermont, and a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. The Improving Care and Access to Nurses Bipartisan Legislation (als...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Dr. JoAnn Coleman, DNP, ACNP-BC, AOCN, GCN, the Clinical Program Coordinator for the Sinai Center for Geriatric Surgery at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. In addition to her inspiration to...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Tina Baxter, MS, APRN, GNP-BC, a nationally recognized leader in gerontological nursing, and a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. In addition to her inspiration to become a gerontological nurse, Mrs. Baxter discusses the origin and defin...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Nanette Lavoie-Vaughan, DNP, CDCP, ANPC-C, a nationally recognized leader in gerontological nursing, and a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. In addition to her inspiration to become a gerontological nurse, Dr. Lavoie-Vaughan discusses D...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Aparna Gupta, DNP, FACHE, CPHQ, CRNP, a nationally recognized leader in gerontological nursing, and a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. Dr. Gupta discusses her inspiration to become a gerontological nurse, the importance of nurse self-c...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Carolyn Clevenger, a nationally recognized leader and researcher in gerontological nursing and education, and a Past-President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. Dr. Clevenger discusses Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and provides an overview...

In this episode, Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, a nationally recognized leader and researcher in gerontological nursing, and a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. Dr. Bonner discusses her inspiration to become a gerontologi...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Dr. Natalie Baker, DNP, CRNP, GS-C, CNE, FAANP, FAAN, the current President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association and an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing in Madison, Alabama. Dr. Baker discusses her i...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Dr. Brette Svensson, DNP, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, the Post-Acute Services Medical Director at Wellstar Health System in Marietta, Georgia. A rising star within GAPNA, Dr. Svensson currently serves as chair of the GAPNA Communications and Awards Committees at the national level...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with GAPNA Past President Dr. Deborah Dunn, EdD, MSN, GNP-BC, ACNS-BC, GS-C, Dean of the Graduate School and a Professor of Nursing at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. Dr. Dunn discusses her inspiration to become a gerontological nurse, GAPNA’s partnership with Unit...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Dr. Carolyn Clevenger, DNP, GNP-BC. Dr. Clevenger is a nationally recognized leader in gerontological nursing and education, and a Past-President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. Dr. Clevenger discusses her inspiration to become a gerontologi...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Dr. George Peraza-Smith, DNP, APRN-C, GNP-BC, GS-C, CNE, FAANP, President of the Gerontology Nursing Certification Commission. Dr. Peraza-Smith discusses his dedication of being a nurse treating patients across the lifespan, from pediatrics to gerontology; the role of...

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with nurse leader and the 2020-2021 GAPNA President Dr. Sherry Greenberg. Dr. Greenberg discusses her inspiration for becoming a nurse and her decision to specialize in gerontological nursing; her leadership roles within GAPNA; GAPNA’s 40th anniversary mission to preserve t...

GAPNA Chat is an official podcast of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA). GAPNA Chat provides interviews and discussions with GAPNA leaders and members of the gerontological health care community, and will focus on advocacy, policy, education, professional development, research, and clinical care for older adults. © Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association. A...