The Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Editor: Marilyn W. Edmunds, PhD, NP Nurse Practitioner Connections, Ellicott City, MD, Assistant Editor, Electronic Media: Laurie Scudder, DNP, NP Columbia, MD, Managing Editor: Dawn Nahlen, MA North Little Rock, AR, Editorial Board: Gale Adcock, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP Cary, NC, Debra J. Barksdale, PhD, CFNP Chapel Hill, NC, Claudia Beckwith, FNP Marshalltown, IA, Jeffrey L. Bevan, MSN, FNP-BC Lancaster, OH, Diane M. Burgermeister, PhD, RN Livonia, MI, Lynn Chilton, DSN Daphne, AL, Andrea Colton, MD, FAAD Boca Raton, FL, Tracey Fremd, NP Cameron Park, CA, Kathleen Glaser, MS, FNP LaPaz, Bolivia, Christopher J. Helms, NP Lyons, Australia, Amellie Hollier, MSN, RN, BC, FNP, FAANP Lafayette, LA, Jane Kapustin, PhD, CRNP Baltimore, MD, Tracy Klein, PhD, FNP, FAANP Portland, OR, Denise Link, PhD, NP Phoenix, AZ, Patricia C. McMullen, PhD, JD, CRNP Washington, DC, Laura Miller, FNP, MSN, RN Berkeley, CA, Alison Mitchell, RN, MSN, ACNP-C Houston, TX, Sandra M. Nettina, ANP Baltimore, MD, Timothy Nguyen, PharmD Brooklyn, NY, Demetrius Porche, DNS, FNP New Orleans, LA, Debra Shelby, DNP, FNP-BC, DNC Tampa, FL, Joan Stanley, PhD, CRNP, FAAN Washington, DC, Linda Sullivan, RN, BC, DSN, FNP/PNP Jackson, MS, Wayne Thompson, MSc Wexford, Ireland, Kathleen Tori, MN(NP), BHSc, CCRN, GradDipVET, MHSc, MRCNA, MACNP Bendigo, Australia, H. Barry Waldman, DDS, MPH, PhD Stony Brook, NY, Theresa Pluth Yeo, PhD, MPH, ACNP Penn Valley, PA, Department Editors: , APNs Around the World Rosemary Goodyear, EdD, APRN, FAANP Cardiff by the Sea, CA, Decoding Codes Jan DiSantostefano, NP, MS Cary, NC, Diagnostic Tips Roberta Bradley, MSN, FNP-BC, PNP-BC Nashville, TN, Discerning Dermatology Miriam Kravitz, MSN, FNP-BC Clearwater Beach, FL, Hot Topics, Insight From Prior Leaders on Today?s Issues Laurel Halloran, PhD, APRN Danbury, CT, Legal Limits Carolyn Buppert, CRNP, JD Bethesda, MD, Point/Counterpoint Donald Gardenier, DNP New York, NY, Prescription Pad Lara Frick, PharmD, BCPS Phoenix, AZ, Philip J. Schneider, MS, FASHP, FFIP Phoenix, AZ, Test Your Knowledge Sandy Wilbanks, APRN, MSN, FNP Saginaw, MI, Susan Apold, PhD, ANP Bronxville, NY, NY, Advisory Board: Ruth Busch, MSN, RN, ARNP, BC (FNP, CNS) Wichita, KS, M.J. Henderson, MS, RN, GNP-BC Boston, MA, Janet Selway, DNS, CRNP Washington, DC, Julie Stanik-Hutt, PhD, ACNP, CCNS Baltimore, MD