ADVANCE for Nurses, a regional publication serving 75,600* nurses in areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Delaware, provides a variety of easy-to-read clinical and professional articles on topics that are most important to nurses today and that promote the nursing profession.

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

Gail Guterl
Editor of the first two editions of ADVANCE for Nurses, Gail Guterl began her career as a newspaper reporter in Mount Vernon, Westchester County, NY. She was the first recipient of the Jacqueline Z. Radin Memorial Award, from the New York Newswomen's Society in 1974. She began at Merion Publications as a writer for the laboratory magazine. She created our first two nursing magazines: ADVANCE for Nurses, Serving RNs in Areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware and ADVANCE for Nurses, Serving RNs in Areas of Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia.

Valerie Neff Newitt
Valerie Neff Newitt joined ADVANCE for Nurses in December 2008 as senior associate editor for the PA, NJ & DE and MD, DC & VA editions. Prior to joining Merion, Newitt worked as a columnist, reporter and editor for two daily newspapers, and has been published in several national magazines. She is a graduate of Wilkes University.

Ainsley Maloney
Ainsley Maloney joined ADVANCE for Nurses in August 2008 as assistant editor for the PA, NJ & DE and Maryland, Washington DC & Virginia editions. Maloney began her career at Merion Publications Inc. in March 2007 as an editorial assistant at ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals. She graduated from Penn State University in 2006 with a BA in journalism.

Regional Editorial Advisory Board

J. Mark Baiada
President & Founder
Bayada Nurses
Moorestown, NJ

Terry Capuano, MSN, MBA, RN, CNA,BC, FACHE
Senior Vice President, Clinical Services
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Allentown & Bethlehem, PA

Barbara Chamberlain, PhD, APN, CCRN, WCC
Program Manager, TCAB
NJHA Institute for Quality and Patient Safety
Princeton, NJ

Ann Curley, PhD, RN
Interim Assistant Dean
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Nursing, Stratford, NJ &
Education Specialist, New Jersey State Nurses Association
Trenton, NJ

Catharine M. Farnan, MS, CRRN, ONC
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Acute Rehabilitation Unit
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia

Paula Hutchison, MBA, MS, BSN, RN, PHR
Owner
Fulfillment Healthcare Recruiters
Middletown, DE

Patricia A. Knecht, MSN, RN
Director of Practical Nursing
Center for Arts and Technology
Coatesville, PA

Vicki Lachman, PhD, MBe, RN
Associate Professor, Drexel University
Consultant, V.L. Associates
Philadelphia

Renee Martin, JD, MSN, RN
Member
Tsoules, Sweeney, Kepner & Martin, LLC
Exton, PA

Donna Gentile O'Donnell, PhD, RN
Managing Director-Center City Office
Eastern Technology Council
Philadelphia

AnnMarie Papa, MSN, RN, CEN, FAEN
President-elect Emergency Nurses Association

Jane C. Rothrock, DNSc, RN, CNOR, FAAN
Director of RNFA Program
Delaware County Community College
Media, PA

Barbara A. Wadsworth, MSN, MBA, RN, CNAA,BC
Senior Vice President Patient Care Services
Chief Nursing Officer
Abington Memorial Hospital
Abington, PA

Roberta Waite, EdD, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Assistant Professor & Program Advisor to the
Undergraduate Nursing Diversity Organization,
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
Philadelphia

Linda R. Young, MS, MSEd, RN 
Vice President, Patient Services
St. Luke's Qualertown (PA) Hospital

Regional Industry Advisory Board

Dianna Barker, BSN, RN
Nurse Liaison
Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Browns Mills, NJ

Carla Daniels
Employment Specialist
Doylestown (PA) Hospital

Deborah A. DeTullio-Gianchetti, RN
Director, Nurse Recruitment
South Jersey Healthcare
Elmer, NJ

Delinda Kanaskie, MSN, RN
Director
George M. Leader Institute
Country Meadows Retirement Communities
Hershey, PA

Gayle L. Luderitz
President-elect of the Philadelphia Area Association of Healthcare Recruiters

Kelly Sheridan
Human Resource Director
Paul's Run
Philadelphia

Roxie D. Shrawder, BSN, RN
Nurse Recruiter
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA

Gloria Szymanski
Management
Recruitment & Nursing Informatics
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Philadelphia

*12/04 BPA Circulation Statement