Volume 34, No. 5 (ISSN 0098-1486)

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Chief Executive Officer	Linda Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA
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Editor	Connie Helmlinger
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President	Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, APRN,BC, ANP
First Vice President	Patricia S. Yoder-Wise, EdD, RN, CNAA, FAAN
Second Vice President	Mary L. Behrens, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Secretary	Katheren Koehn, RN
Treasurer	Lola M. Fehr, MS, RN, CAE, FAAN
Directors	Jan Bussert, RN Ann L. Converso, RN Linda Gobis, RN, FNP, JD Patricia L. Holloman, BSN, RN, CNOR Frank D. Moore, MSN, RN, CS Rose Marie Martin, BSN, RN, OCN Christina L. Sieloff, RN, PhD, CNA Betty Smith-Campbell, PhD, RN, ARNP Teresa Stone, BSN, RN, C Margarete Zalon, PhD, RN
Staff Nurse Editorial Advisory Board	Anna Atteberry, MSN-S, RN Rosemary Gnatek, RN Diane Goddeeris, RN Nancy Hartley, RN Ray Kronenbitter, RN Linda Warino, RN

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