Dr. Blackwell spent last week in Washington, DC working on the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Item Writing Panel. Item writers contribute questions that appear on ANCC board certification exams. Panelists are selected with regard to practice, expertise, educational background, nursing role, practice setting, geographic location, and years of experience. Those who are selected serve for an 18 month term. Dr. Blackwell is currently serving his second consecutive term on the Panel. His prior work with ANCC includes serving as an AGACNP Field Test Examinee. He also served as Vice Chair of ANCC’s Content Expert Panel for the Adult Nurse Practitioner Board Certification Program until it was retired in 2015.