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N Reinke, Caroline B., p. 231 Thomas, Sue Ann, p. 145 Nelson, Terri Spahr, p. 33 Rios, Mary Beth, p. 292 Towers, Jan Newsome, Grace, p. 64 Ritter, Barbara J., p. 137 February, p. 50 Nicoteri, Jo Ann, p. 494 Rosimini, Cherri, p. 247 December, p. 530 U oO s Ulrich, Connie, p. 319 Oppewal, Sonda, p. 563 Saunders-Goldson, Sherri, p. 115 Schumann, Lorna, p. 72 Vv P Scherb, Cindy A., p. 87 Viale, Pamela Hallquist, p. 297 Park, Brandon Dee, p. 459 Sekula, L. Kathleen, p. 23 Pastors, Joyce Green, p. 206 Sharts-Hopko, Nancy C., p. 439 Ww Patel, Lopa, p. 557 Smits, William L., p. 415 Warshaw, Hope, p. 206 Pearce, Patricia F., p. 170 Spieker, Evelyn D., » |p . 487 White, Karen, p. 371 Perese, Eris F., p. 21 Soeken, Karen, p. 319 Whittemore, Robin, p. 341 Perese, Kerry, p. 212 Sousa, Karen H., p. 313 Williams, Mary, p. 120 Peters, Rosalind M., p. 5 Steinke, Elaine E., p. 451 Wilson, Kristina, p. 170 Piliero, Peter J., p. 305 Sullivan, Maureen P., p. 439 Winters, Sandra, p. 546 Pohl, Joanne M., p. 231 Stevenson, Jeanne, p. 371 Zz R T Zunkel, Gretchen M., p. 313 Ramizrez, Elda & Tanyi, Ruth A., p. 389 Nurse Practitioners | Do Your Patients have Arthritis or We are one of the Top Five Employers (according to Other Rheumatic Diseases? Business New Hampshire Magazine) and voted one of the most family-friendly in New Hampshire (by NH Magazine)W.e live and work in one of the most beautiful areas of the country; where patient care, research and education co-exist with intensive training If so, and you're looking for a convenient, cost-effective and state-of-the-art technology. Join us, where a way to interact with a rheumatology expert, look no career at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is a career in pursuing excellence with a passion. To further. The Association of REIGUMOOIOGY Health | learn more about our employees’ testimonials visit | Professionals = offering — 60-minute Sees we = www.dhmc.org. explore a different aspect of the most current information available about arthritis care and office management Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is Simply register online, dial up and listen in. No travel seeking experienced Nurse Practitioners in the expenses, no staff time away from the office—just an hour following areas: of learning! RHEUMATOLOGY PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE Jan. 29: Exercise for the Person with Knee OA: Does SPINE CENTER One Size Fit All2 CARDIOLOGY - INPATIENT | . ‘ NEUROLOGY - MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Feb. 20: Spondylarthropathy: Shifting the Paradigm ech. a io Scope of responsibility includes clinical practice, Mar. 15: Making Specialty Office Chaos Manageable edaucaaati on, consultation, research, and program April 13: Effective Alternative Treatments for the Management of Pain The Nurse Practitioners we seek should possess or be M 17: P ‘ Oot M eligible to possess a current license as an Advanced Nurse | ay :: Fharmacologic . ireait menti UpTt ions} , Monintifoorrii ng . : vs: s Ash rit; Practitioner in the State of New Hampshire. Master's and Patient Education in Inflammatory Arthritis degree required. Experience of three to five years’ in ie ak th has biti on various specialty areas is highly desirable. June 18: Juvenile Spondylarthropathy: Update on Assessment and Treatment Please visit our Web site to apply online: www.dhme.org. EE OE For more information, contact ARHP at (404) 633-37_7 7 or visit us on the Web at www.rheumatology.org/arhp KE, DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MepbIcAL CENTER This program is supported by Abbott Immunology adership i nt care, research and educatior JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS Topic Index for Volume 15, 2003 April Nurse Practitioner Practice in 2012: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Tomorrow, p. 146 January 2002 Recipients of the AANP State Awards for Excellence,p. 2 When Did You Last Talk with Your Legislators?, p. 149 Clinical Practice Guidelines: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Clinical Practice Guidelines: Evaluation and Management of Management of Asthma: Update on Selected Topics 2002, p. 151 Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding, p. 3 Primary Care Management of Sexually Transmitted Urethritis in Health Maintenance Throughout the Life Span for Individuals Adolescent Males, p. 156 with Down Syndrome, p. 5 Onychomycosis: Current Treatment Options, p. 165 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Current Theory, Treatment, and the Use of B6, p. 18 Assessing Physical Activity in Adolescents: Common Activities of Children in 6th — 8th Grades, p. 170 Considerations in the Management of the Patient with Comorbid Depression and Anxiety, p. 232 Health Risk Behaviors in Smoking and Non-Smoking Young Women, p. 179 Evaluation ofa Rape Protocol: A Five-Year Follow-up with Nurse Managers, p. 33 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Network for Research, p. 185 Procedures Taught in Family Nurse Practitioner Programs in the United States, p. 39 AANP Scholarship and Grant Program, p. 186 February May Where Are We Now? The Status of Nurse Practitioner Practice in Clinical Practice Guidelines: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia Statute and Regulation December of 2002, p. 50 in the Healthy Term Newborn, p. 194 Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertension in Children and Motivating Health: Strategies for the Nurse Practitioner, p. 200 Adolescents, p. 56 Diabetes Medical Nutrition Therapy: Practical Tips to Improve Interstitial Cystitis, p. 64 Outcomes, p. 206 Myasthenia Gravis: Diagnosis and Treatment, p. 72 Health Problems of Women with Severe Mental Illness, p. 212 Cognitive Function Assessment in Individuals at Risk for Case Study ofa Young Man With Tremor, p. 220 Alzheimer’s Disease, , p. 79 Nutritional Health Promotion for Older Adults, Where Is the Using the Nursing Interventions Classification to Describe the Content?, P. 224 Work of the Nurse Practitioner, p. § 7 Nurse Practitioner Coding Practices in Primary Care: A Retrospective Chart Review, p. 231 March Clinical Practice Guidelines: National Guideline Clearinghouse Guideline Syntheses and Comparisons, p. 98 June Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis and Treatment of The Importance of Screening, Assessing and Managing Urinary Incontinence in Primary Care, p. 102 Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, p. 244 Recognizing and Managing Celiac Disease in Primary Care, p. 108 Benefits of Swim Training for Children and Adolescents with Asthma, p. 247 Lichen Sclerosus of the Vulva in Women: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Management for The Nurse Practitioner, p. 115 Balneo-Photogherapy: A New Holistic Approach to Treating Psoriasis, p. 253 A Systemtic Review of the Effectiveness of Garlic as an Anti- Optimal Management of Outpatients with Heart failure Using Hyperlipidemic Agent, p. 120 Advanced Practice Nurses in a Hospital-Based Heart Failure Practice Methods among Nurse Practitioners Treating Depressed Center, p. 260 Women, p. 130 Hispanic Women's Experience with “el Cambio de Vida’, p. 26 An Analysis of Expert Nurse Practitioners’ Diagnostic Reasoning, ‘Tobacco Use and Degenerative Joint Disease of the Spine, p. 27 p: 15 VOLUME 15, ISSUE 12, DECEMBER 2003 July Mobility Impairment, p. 439 Clinical Practice Guidelines: Policy on Acute Toxic Ingestion or Abnormal Cervical Cytology: New Names, Familiar Dermal or Inhalation Exposure, p. 290 Smears, p. 445 Management of Molecular-Targeted Therapy for Chronic Case Study of Hip Fracture in an Older Person, p. 451 Myelogenous Leukemia, p. 292 Factor V Leiden and Venous Thromboembolism: Risk Associated What Nurse Practitioners Should Know About Direct-to- with Hormone Replacement Therapy, p. 459 Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medications, p. 297 All in the Family: Resources and Referrals for Alcoholism, p. 468 Simplified Regimens for [reating HIV Infection and AIDS, p. 305 Spiritual-Care Process and Content: Lessons Learned From the Optimizing Mental Health in an Academic Nurse-Managed ECHO Project, p. 473 Clinic, p. 313 Predictors of Nurse Practitioners’ Autonomy: Effects of November Organizational, Ethical And Market Characteristics, p. 319 2001-2002 AANP National Nurse Practitioner Practice Site 2002 AANP Annual Report, p. | Survey, p. 482 Clinical Practice Guidelines: Sleep-Disordered Breathing in August Patients With Heart Failure: Pathophysiology, Assessment, and Promoting Lifestyle Change in the Prevention and Management of Management, p. 485 Type 2 Diabetes , p. 341 Diagnosis and Treatment of Heel Pain, p. 487 ImpIa ct of the New National Cholestoral Education Prog¢ ram The Discovery of Unique Nurse Practitioner Theory in the (NCEP) Guidelines on Patient Management, p. 350 Literature: Seeking Evidence Using an Integrative Review Treatment Options for Patients with the Metabolic Approach, p. 494 Syndrome, p. 361 Nurse Practitioner Self-Confidence and Attitudes Regarding Effect of Modem Transmission of Blood Glucose Data on Managed Care, p. 501 lelephone Consultation Time, Clinic Work Flow, and Patient Knowledge of AIDS, Perceived Risk of AIDS, and At-Risk Sexual Satisfaction for Patients with Gestational Diabetes, p. 371 Behaviors Among Older Adults, p. 509 Nurse Practitioners’ Knowledge, Practice and Attitudes About Improving Access—An Innovative Model, p. 517 Tobacco Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening, p. 376 State Award Winners, 382 December Nurse Practitioner Practice in 2003, p. 530 September Clinical Practice Guidelines: Migraine Headaches, p. 536 2003 AANP Fellows, p. 386 \n Approach to Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Treatment, p. 539 Sickle Cell Disease: Health Promotion and Maintenance and the Role of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners, p. 389 \ Review of Ludwig's Angina for Nurse Practitioners, p. 546 Recognizing and Treating Non-Infectious Rhinitis, p. 398 \ Comparison of Student Outcomes Following Problem-Based Learning Instruction Versus Traditional Lecture Learning in a The Regulation of Dietary Supplements, p. 410 Graduate Pharmacology Course, p. 550 Evaluating the Response of Patients Undergoing Both Allergy Skin \ Comparison Study of the Utilization of National Cholesterol Testing and in Vitro Allergy Testing With the ImmunoCAP Education Program Guidelines by Cardiology and Internal lechnology System p. 415 Medicine Practices: Implications for the Preadmission Characteristics of Advanced Practice Nursing Advanced Practice Nurse, p. 55 Students, p. 424 Nurse-Managed Primary Care: Outcomes of a Faculty Practice Network, p. 563 October he Journal of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Clinical Practice Guidelines: Screening, Diagnosis, and Monitoring Acknowledgments, p. 571 of Hepatic Injury, p. 434 [opic and Author Index for 2003, p. 572 Obesity as a Confounding Health Factor Among Women With JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS