The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 19-26 , January 2012

Abdominal Migraine in Children: Is It All in Their Heads?

  • Aixa I. Catala-Beauchamp, FNP-BC

      Affiliations

    • Aixa I. Catala-Beauchamp, DNP, MSN, MA, FNP-BC, is a pediatric hospitalist for Florida Pediatric Associates, providing medical rounds for hospitalized pediatric patients at Florida Hospital in Orlando.
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  • Robyn P. Gleason, ARNP

      Affiliations

    • Robyn P. Gleason, PhD, MSN, MPH, ARNP, is associate professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing in Gainesville. In compliance with national ethical guidelines, the authors report no relationships with business or industry that would pose a conflict of interest.

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 Readers may receive the 1.0 CE credit free by reading the article and answering each question online at www.npjournal.org, or they may mail the test answers and evaluation, along with a processing fee check for $10 made out to Elsevier, to PO Box 540, Ellicott City, MD 21041-0540. Required minimum passing score is 70%.This CE learning activity is designed to augment the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of nurse practitioners and assist in their understanding of diagnosis and treatment of abdominal migraine in children.This educational activity is provided by Nurse Practitioner Alternatives™.NPA™ is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 19-26 , January 2012

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