About the Author

Dr. Richardson is an Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Nursing and Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program.She has served on the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board as well as several positions within NAPNAP. Dr. Richardson received the prestigious Henry K. Silver Award from NAPNAP in 2004. She was designated a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2007), PNP of the Year of the Indiana Chapter of NAPNAP (2005), and editor of Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (2006,Elsevier).