ADVANCE for Nurses, a regional publication serving 55,600* nurses in Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia, 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. Each biweekly issue is attractively packaged in a user-friendly format with a separate recruitment advertising section where advertisers can promote open nursing positions and where subscribers are able to search for new job opportunities.

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

Molly Billingsley, EdD, RN
Assistant Vice President
Operations Support
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Rita Carty, PhD, RN, FAAN
Retired Secretary General of the Global Network of the World Health Organization
Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery Development
Fairfax, VA

Terris Kennedy, PhD, RN
Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Shore Memorial Hospital
Nassawadox, VA

Judith "Ski" Lower, MSN, RN
Lecturer & Consultant
Severn, MD 

Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Associate Professor
University of Maryland School of Nursing &
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner at Roland Park Place
Baltimore

Janet Younger, PhD, PNP
Professor and Associate Dean
School of Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Past President, Virginia Board of Nursing

Regional Industry Advisory Board

Mary Lou Buck, MEd
Manager, Employment Services
Carroll Hospital Center
Westminster, MD

Amy Foy, BSN, RN, PHR
RN Nurse Recruiter
Harbor Hospital
Baltimore

Sharon B. Kushner, MSN, BSN, RN 
Nurse Recruiter
Recruitment Specialists, Inc.
Baltimore

Deborah Mello, RN
Nurse Recruiter
St. Agnes HealthCare
Baltimore

Jane Mitchell
Manager, Human Resources
Adventist Home Health Services
Silver Spring, MD

Melanie R. Morris
Nurse Recruitment Coordinator
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA

Jill Noto
Director of Clinical Recruitment  
Genesis Healthcare

Nick Piazza           
Recruiter
Montgomery Hospital
Olney, MD

*12/04 BPA Circulation Statement