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Clinical Practice Resources

For nearly 50 years, the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) has been providing pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs) and their fellow pediatric-focused advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) with the clinical practice resources they need to guide their daily practice and educate patient families. Check out the below resources on a variety of pediatric-related health topics.

Clinical Practice Resources

COVID Resources

Stay up-to-date with information regarding COVID-19 with resources from the CDC, WHO and more.

Child Health Equity

Providing fair and just access to health care is a priority for NAPNAP. Get resources to enhance your knowledge and practice.

LGTBQIA+

Access curated resources related to pediatric LGBTQIA+ health issues.

RSV

Learn more about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) which leads to approximately 2.1 million outpatient visits, 80,000 hospitalizations, and an estimated 100 to 500 deaths among children younger than age five years annually. 

Gun Violence Prevention

Access resources focused on gun violence prevention for providers and families.

Human Trafficking

Become familiar with signs of trafficking and get resources to help child victims of human trafficking.

NAPNAP Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

Immunize.org

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)

National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC)

Adolescent Immunization Initiative: White Paper

Flu Resources

Together with Families Fighting Flu and Healthy Women, we have developed a provider toolkit to help you educate patients and families about the flu and the importance of getting an annual flu immunization starting at 6 months of age.

NAPNAP partnered with Sanofi Pasteur and Families Fighting Flu to develop two children’s illustration books that address the importance of the flu vaccine to children who are 7-12 years of age and 13-17 years of age. Both books tell real stories based on Caroline and Madi’s life experiences after becoming infected with influenza. Please share Caroline’s Story: Having the Flu – Why You Don’t Want to Skip the Flu Vaccine and Madi’s Story: Flu Vaccine 101 – You Won’t Want to Miss This Class! with your patients today. 

Meningococcal Resources

Review meningococcal resources for providers to increase your knowledge and assist in educating parents about the disease and preventative measures. Many parents may not understand that there are different vaccines that prevent different types of meningococcal disease.

HPV-Related Cancer Prevention

Learn about ways to educate your patients about preventing HPV-related cancers and download excellent tools and tips for your practice.

  • DBMH Resource – Created by our Developmental, Behavioral and Mental Health Special Interest Group, DBMH Resource gives you access to more than 35 resources on behavioral and mental health topics.

  • Read the facts about mental health and links to a variety of the top mental health resources

Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Program for Providers

The Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Program helps pediatric providers screen, treat or refer children and adolescents with behavioral health concerns using telehealth. In 2020, nurse practitioners were one of the most common provider types to benefit from PMHCA’s training, consultation and referral services.

PMHCA pediatric mental health teams in state and regional networks use evidence-based practices through web-based education and training to help providers provide timely detection, assessment, treatment, and referrals.

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau funds 45 PMHCA programs nationwide in in 40 states, three jurisdictions and two Tribal nations. Find out whether there is a PMHCA program in your state and how to connect with teleconsultation and other resources. Contact Madhavi Reddy at [email protected] with questions.

Growth & Development

Developmental Surveillance Resources for Healthcare Providers and CDC’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. have information for health care providers, including information on screening tools and free educational materials to give to patients.

Nutrition

Infant & Toddler Feeding From Birth to 23 Months: Making Every Bite Count

This excellent patient resource provides information on infant and toddler feeding from birth through 23 months of age, including information on breastfeeding, infant formula, the introduction of solid foods and infant safety while eating. Be sure to download and share this resource with your patients.

FDA’s New Nutrition Facts Label

The New Nutrition Facts Label: What’s in it for You? The campaign landing page provides an overview of the campaign as well as links to resources for health educators, dietitians, teachers, healthcare professionals and physicians. The “What’s New” page gives more insight to the changes to the Nutrition Facts label.

FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

CFSAN wants to support people in avoiding foodborne illness or “food poisoning” caused by disease-causing bacteria or pathogens that contaminate food. Everyone is susceptible, but certain people, including young children, are more likely to get sick and the effects can be much more serious. The CFSAN Education Resource Library Online Catalog (toolkit) contains many downloadable and printable educational materials for consumers, educators, dietitians, and health professionals.

Have you been looking for a toolkit with fast facts about youth vaping? FDA can help!

Stakeholders play an important role in addressing e-cigarette use among youth. As you may know, vaping remains an ongoing concern. According to the latest National Youth Tobacco Survey, in 2021, more than 2 million U.S. middle school and high school students currently used e-cigarettes.

To support your work in educating youth about the dangers of vaping, FDA created a toolkit with facts on youth vaping and e-cigarette use. The toolkit includes a series of fact sheets that answer questions like:

  • What are e-cigarettes?
  • How do they work?
  • How does FDA regulate e-cigarettes?
  • What are the signs and symptoms of nicotine addiction?
  • How can adults help teens quit vaping?

Check out the FREE toolkit on the Tobacco Education Resource Library where you can order, download, or print it. Then start sharing it in your community. Together, we can help more adults talk with teens about the dangers of e-cigarette use and help youth quit using vapes.

  • Now is the perfect time to remind your patients that many fever reducers and multi-symptom cough and cold medicines contain acetaminophen. It’s safe and effective when used as directed, but patients who treat ongoing or chronic pain with medicines that contain acetaminophen may not realize they risk accidentally exceeding the daily limit by taking certain cold and flu medicines. Make sure your patients know these safe use steps from the Know Your Dose campaign, a proud partner of NAPNAP:
  1. Always read and follow the medicine label.
  2. Know if your medicines contain acetaminophen.
  3. Take only one medicine at a time that contains acetaminophen.
  4. Ask your healthcare provider or a pharmacist if you have questions about dosing instructions or medicines that contain acetaminophen.

Order free acetaminophen safe use educational materials in English and Spanish for your office or pharmacy at KnowYourDose.org, and follow @KnowYourDose on X/Twitter and Facebook.

  • Johnson & Johnson has created modified HCP Dosing Charts for TYLENOL® (acetaminophen) and MOTRIN® (ibuprofen) to help healthcare providers more quickly identify additional medicines within their broader product portfolio which may be appropriate to recommend based on the child’s age and weight. These charts highlight different forms, dosing devices and information on the OTC label visible to caregivers.Always read and follow the medicine label.
  • Key Potentially Inappropriate Drugs in Pediatrics: The KIDs List or “Key criteria for Inappropriate use of Drugs in pediatrics” List was developed by The Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PHA). This list of potentially inappropriate medications for children is similar in scope to the “Beers List”, which is used for geriatric patients. It has been published in the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Volume 25, Issue 3.
  • The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has posted a new webpage designed specifically for health professionals. The goal of this webpage is to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information to help health professionals discuss dietary supplements with their patients, clients, colleagues, and students.
  • Find a variety of resources from the CDC about antibiotic safety and resources to help prevent antibiotic resistance.

Safe to Sleep® Campaign Materials

  • The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Safe to Sleep® campaign offers a variety of materials to help share safe infant sleep messages with different audiences. Many of these items are available to download and order below. You can also view a list of all NICHD publications related to SIDS and Safe to Sleep®.
  • For items that you can use to promote the Safe to Sleep® campaign or your outreach, check out their E-Toolkit.

The ABC’s of Infant Safe Sleep Videos

  • Learn about infant safe sleep and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for safe sleep practices to prevent infant suffocation and infant mortality. Babies should sleep Alone, on their Backs in a Crib for night time, nap time, every time. This video was developed in partnership with the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS), the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) and the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund. Learn more.
  • Watch the video in English.
  • Watch the video in Spanish.

Office of Adolescent Health: Think Act Grow (TAG)

  • The TAG Playbook features the “Five Essentials for Healthy Adolescents,” a strengths-based framework that is grounded in research, and offers specific action steps that youth-serving professionals, family members and youth themselves can take to promote adolescent health.
  • TAG in Action successful strategies highlights successful strategies that incorporate the core principles of TAG​.
  • Game Plan for Engaging Youth identifies strategies for engaging adolescents in promoting their health and healthy development.

The National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health 

  • Got Transition aims to improve transition from pediatric to adult health care through the use of new and innovative strategies for health professionals and youth and families.

Help your patients plan strategies in advance rather than waiting to get supplies and information together until they are faced with an imminent danger. Visit our Be Prepared resources and our Children in Disasters Special Interest Group.

The second edition of the Interprofessional Oral Health Faculty Toolkit, developed by the Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) program, is an innovative web-based open source product intended to facilitate integration of oral-systemic health content and clinical competencies into nurse practitioner (NP) and midwifery (MW) curricula. 

COVID-19 Resources

The mouth is the gateway to the rest of the body. Oral health care and oral hygiene are always critical to staying healthy…especially now during our COVID-19 pandemic.

Oral health and its links to COVID-19 is increasingly recognized as an important issue in decreasing risk for and severity of COVID-19. It has never been more important for nurses, nurse practitioners, and midwives to be aware of the oral health complications related to COVID-19 and the role of oral hygiene in preventing infection in multiple body systems. Attached is our new COVID-19: Oral Health Resource Kit.

We know that faculty and professional development staff have been challenged to develop and/or acquire COVID-19 teaching-learning tools and activities in order to integrate this important public health topic in classroom, simulation, and clinical activities.  

The Oral Health Nursing Education and Practice (OHNEP) Program (ohnep.org) shares this innovative COVID-19: Oral Health Resource Kit with you. We have developed a set of unique user-friendly “turn-key” teaching-learning products that guide faculty and professional development staff to “weave” evidence-based COVID-19 oral health content into targeted courses in your curriculum or professional development programs. We also send an Oral Health Clinical Case Study Resource Kit that addresses population health issues across the lifespan for use in primary, acute, home and long-term/palliative care settings, including but not limited to pregnancy, early childhood cavities, HPV, diabetes, cancer, vaccine hesitancy, and dementia. The social determinants of health are embedded in all of the case studies.

AHRQ Toolsets Available to Help Implement E-Prescribing

Two toolsets, one for healthcare providers in small practices and one for independent pharmacies, to support e-prescribing implementation have been released by AHRQ. The toolsets offer a step-by-step guide for preparing for and launching an e-prescribing system. They include advice on topics ranging from planning the implementation process, launching the system, troubleshooting common problems and navigating into more advanced practice and pharmacy services. Access the toolsets and supporting tools.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Resources

The Children’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) Format was developed to bridge the gap between the functionality present in most EHRs currently available and the functionality that would more optimally support the care of children. While the growing use of EHRs is shown to improve the quality and safety of health care, many existing systems are not tailored to capture or process information about children. The new format includes recommendations for child-specific data elements such as vaccines and functionality that will enable EHR developers to broaden their products. The children’s EHR format was authorized by the 2009 Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) and developed by AHRQ and CMS. The format is designed for EHR developers and providers who wish to augment existing systems or to build new systems that include children’s services. Find more information about the children’s EHR format

Visit the CMS EHR Incentive Programs website for the latest news and updates on the EHR Incentive Programs. Bookmark this site and visit CMS EHR Incentive Programs legislation often to learn about who is eligible for the programs, how to register, meaningful use, upcoming EHR training and events and much more.

The following patient education was developed by Medscape through a strategic collaboration with the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, and supported by an independent educational grant from CeraVe.

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