Joan Clites, EdD, RN, is an associate professor of nursing at the California University of Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania, where she teaches and facilitates a 6-credit theory and clinical Family Health Nursing Course for the RN to BSN program. About 10 years ago, Dr. Clites made the very natural transition from a specialty in gerontological nursing to family health nursing taking her interest in aging with her to an interest in aging families, particularly custodial grandparents who are parenting their grandchildren for a variety of reasons. Dr. Clites most recently presented a poster on Accidental Medication Poisoning of Children Living with Grandparents at the 13th International Family Nursing Conference (IFNC13) in Pamploma, Spain. She is currently serving as a new member of the IFNA Education Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Joan Clites.
