ADVANCE for Nurses, a regional publication serving 85,400* nurses in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, provides a variety of easy-to-read clinical and professional articles on topics

Throughout the year, every specialty of nursing is covered in the pages of this informational magazine. Every issue of ADVANCE for Nurses includes a continuing education offering. Plus, each issue's "Calendar of Events" keeps nurses informed of upcoming continuing education programs in their region.

Editorial

Lyn A.E. McCafferty
Lyn A.E. McCafferty is editor of ADVANCE for Nurses Serving RNs in the Greater New York/New Jersey Metro Area and ADVANCE for Nurses Serving RNs in New England. She spearheaded the launch of the successful bi-weekly print magazines in 2001. In 2008, she was part of the team that created the ADVANCE for Nurses micro-sites that bring readers local and national Web exclusive features. Lyn has more than 20 years of journalism experience, working in a variety of roles from reporting to editing at the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, NY, and the Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA. She taught journalism at Penn State University's Delaware County campus for 2 years, and graduated from Temple University, Philadelphia, with a degree in journalism.

Stacey Miller
Stacey Miller is senior associate editor for ADVANCE for Nurses Serving RNs in the Greater New York/New Jersey Metro Area and ADVANCE for Nurses Serving RNs in New England. Before joining Merion Publications in 2003 as an editorial assistant for ADVANCE for Respiratory Care Practitioners, she was a reporter for the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Williamsport, PA. She has a degree in journalism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.  

Regional Editorial Advisory Board

Alain Bois, BSN, RN
Director of Nursing & Long Term Care Division
Forest Hill Rehabilitation Center, Northern Maine Medical Center
Fort Kent, ME  

Mary L. Botter, PhD, RN
Executive Director
Vermont State Board of Nursing, Office of Professional Regulation
Montpelier, VT

Mary A. Bylone, MSM, BS, RN, CCRN
Assistant Vice President of Patient Care Services
The William W. Backus Hospital
Norwich, CT

Catherine Chalmers, MSN, RN, IBCLC, WHNP
Faculty
Regis College/Lawrence Memorial School of Nursing
Medford, MA

Ginette Gosselin Ferszt, PhD, RN, CS
Director
Graduate Psychiatric Mental Health, Clinical Nurse Specialist Concentration
University of Rhode Island College of Nursing
Kingston, RI  

Dona Goldman, MPH, BSN, RN
Program Director, Diabetes Control Program
Rhode Island Department of Health
Providence, RI  

Diane Hanley, MS, RN-C
Director
Cancer Care Education and Personnel Resources
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA  

Karen J. Hughes, MS, RN
Vice President of Nursing
New England Sinai Hospital & Rehabilitation Center
Stoughton, MA  

Karen Lafleur, MSN, RN, CCRN, CCRC
Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cooley Dickinson Hospital / Dartmouth Hitchcock Alliance
Northampton, MA  

Dale Halsey Lea, MPH, RN, APNG, FAAN
Foundation for Blood Research
Southern Maine Regional Genetics Service
Scarborough, ME

Richard D. Maki, MHSA, BA, RN
Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA

Jane Murdock, EdD, RN
Associate Professor, Emertia
University of Connecticut School of Nursing
Storrs, CT

Dina Nicole Salvatore, RN
Surgical Services Nurse
General Surgery Clinic, Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Oak Bluffs, MA

Colleen O'Brien Smith, MSN, RN, CNA
Vice President of Nursing
Middlesex Hospital
Middletown, CT  

Tim Quigley, MBA, RN
Vice President o Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer
South Shore Hospital
South Weymouth, MA  

Regional Industry Advisory Board

Kristen Carroll
Director of Recruitment
Caritas Christi Health Care
Boston, MA

Patricia Colby, RN
Senior Human Resources Consultant/Nurse Recruiter
Hospital of Saint Raphael
New Haven, CT

Christine Kent, MBA, BSN, RN
Vermont State Hospital
Waterbury, VT  

Amy Marcotte Albano, MBA, RN
Director of Operations and Finance for Patient Care Services
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA 

Arthur 'Chip' Mitiguy
Recruitment/Marketing Coordinator and Employment Specialist II
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH 

Ann M. Weaver, MA
Director of Human Resources
Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice
Lewiston, ME

Cheryl Weisenberg
Regional Recruiter
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport, CT