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GAPNA Chat

GAPNA Chat

By: Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA).
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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 (GAPNA). Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • 039. Ensuring Geriatric Patient Success: A Conversation with GNCC President-Elect Christina Holub

    039. Ensuring Geriatric Patient Success: A Conversation with GNCC President-Elect Christina Holub
    Jun 15 2026
    Listen in as Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, talks with Christina Holub, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, GS-C, about her interest in geriatrics and how this specialty has positively impacted her life, career, and leadership positions. Ms. Holub provides a deeper dive into the Gerontological Surgical Verification (GSV) program at the Leigh Valley Health Network including its impact, importance and focus. She goes on to highlight the importance of post-screening patient education, management plans, and interdisciplinary communication in ensuring the long-term success of patients at home or in care facilities.

    Christina Holub, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, GS-C, is Lead Nurse Practitioner and Geriatric Surgery Program Coordinator at the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA and President-Elect of the Gerontological Nursing Certification Commission Board. Notably, she has also contributed as a GNCC expert in national credentialing standard-setting for the Gerontological Specialist-Certified (GS-C) examination.

    Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, is the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Coordinator, Geriatric Oncology, at the Moffitt Cancer Center, in Tampa, Florida. She is a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Communication Team and is a host of the GAPNA Chat podcast series.

    Discover GAPNA: https://www.gapna.org/

    Production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.

    Opening Music by:
    Optimistic / Inspirational by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com

    Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Closing Music by:
    Scott Holmes.
    http://www.scottholmesmusic.com
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    42 mins
  • SP03. Rethinking the Use of Anticholinergics in Older Adults Diagnosed with Tardive Dyskinesia

    SP03. Rethinking the Use of Anticholinergics in Older Adults Diagnosed with Tardive Dyskinesia
    Jun 8 2026
    Tune in as Jennifer Mondillo, a gerontology nurse practitioner, and Rob Leffler, a board-certified geriatric pharmacist, explain the inappropriate use of anticholinergic medications to treat older adults with tardive dyskinesia (TD), a drug-induced movement disorder. These experts emphasize the importance of reducing or eliminating the anticholinergic burden in patients with TD and discuss practical approaches to evaluating anticholinergic use in LTC residents with drug-induced movement disorders, de-prescribing, and treating TD appropriately with VMAT2 inhibitors. This podcast was sponsored and co-developed by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.”

    This podcast is an educational program sponsored and co-developed by Neurocrine Biosciences.

    Neurocrine Biosciences is a pioneering company with over 30 years of experience dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Learn more: https://www.neurocrine.com/

    Discover GAPNA: https://www.gapna.org/

    Production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.

    Opening Music by:
    Optimistic / Inspirational by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com

    Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Closing Music by:
    Scott Holmes.
    http://www.scottholmesmusic.com
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    20 mins
  • 038. Furthering Geriatric Nursing with Dr. Terry Fulmer

    038. Furthering Geriatric Nursing with Dr. Terry Fulmer
    Apr 3 2026
    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 Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, President Emerita of the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, NY. Dr. Fulmer discusses the start and early years of her nursing career, including her family history with the profession. Throughout the discussion, she identifies key mentors and collaborators along her journey, and their impact on not only her success, but the specialty of geriatric nursing as well. Dr. Fulmer highlights the benefits and importance of the Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders – or NICHE – program and the Age-Friendly Health Systems movement as the driving force behind their development.

    Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, is President Emerita of the John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City, New York. She currently serves on various boards, including Springer Publishing and Bassett Medical Center, and is Vice Chair of the VA Special Medical Advisory Group.

    Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, is the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Coordinator, Geriatric Oncology, at the Moffitt Cancer Center, in Tampa, Florida. She is a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Communication Team and is a host of the GAPNA Chat podcast series.

    Discover GAPNA: https://www.gapna.org/

    Production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.

    Opening Music by:
    Optimistic / Inspirational by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com

    Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

    Closing Music by:
    Scott Holmes.
    http://www.scottholmesmusic.com
    Show More Show Less
    31 mins
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