Debra Bakerjian, PhD, RN, FNP, is the Senior Director for NP/PA Clinical Education and Practice and Associate Adjunct Professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at University of CA, Davis. She was recently Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. For AMDA, she serves on the Foundation Futures Program committee and on the President's counsel. She is the current president of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine.