TeamPeds Talks is a podcast series from the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and features NAPNAP experts and stakeholders addressing key issues in pediatric health. Join us for pediatric-focused conversations about dermatology, Lyme disease, disaster preparedness, injuries, immunizations and more as we discuss the importance of summer and outdoor wellness. This series will focus on summer health and wellness. In this podcast series, our host, Dr. Andrea Kline-Tilford, NAPNAP’s Executive Board President, will explore different aspects of children and teen health and wellness through conversations with NAPNAP member experts and special interest group leaders. Andrea Kline-Tilford, PhD, CPNP-AC is an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with significant clinical experience in pediatric critical care and pediatric cardiac surgery. She is the NAPNAP Executive Board President and the Professional Issues Department Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Health Care.  She is the co-editor of two books: Lippincott Certification Review: Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. She has presented internationally on topics of pediatric acute care and pediatric advanced practice nursing, with many publications in these areas. She is an advocate for children and proud mother of two.

This episode's guests are Jeremy Jordan and Hilary Baxter.

Dr. Jeremy Jordan is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Track at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well as a practicing NP in the Pediatric ICU at Children’s of Alabama. He has been an RN for 10 years and a PNP for 7 years. Dr. Jordan's practice focus is on the care of pediatric patients and their families during acute and critical injury and illness. Dr. Jordan is also an active researcher in pediatric brain injury. Outside of work, Jeremy and his husband Patrick, who is a pediatric CRNA, enjoy traveling and anything outdoors.

Hilary W Baxter is dual certified nurse practitioner at the Emergency Department of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She is starting her 10th year of practice. She currently is the co-chair of the Pediatric Emergency Care SIG. She resides in NJ with her husband, 3 kids and 2 dogs. Hilary has presented at several NAPNAP conferences with a focus on providing supportive care during emergent procedures as well teaching suturing at this year's Reconnect Symposium. Her focus is on identifying health literacy deficits in the population and assisting families with learning to help manage wellness and health concerns.