Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP, FAANP, is President and CEO of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH), based in Washington, DC. She is the editor of Women's Health Care: A Practical Journal for Nurse Practitioners and Conversations in Counseling. She also serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner World News, Contraceptive Technology Update, and Dialogues in Contraception. In 1999, Ms. Wysocki was selected by a national panel of nurse practitioners convened by the Nurse Practitioner Journal for a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, she was chosen as a charter Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has served as the chair of the National Alliance of Nurse Practitioners and was the founding President of the American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP). In 2003, she was presented ACNP's Sharp Cutting Edge Award for her leadership and an award from the Nurse Practitioner Journal for political activism. Susan Wysocki, RNC, BSN, NP, FAANP, has disclosed that she has received grants for educational activities from Berlex, Ortho, Wyeth, Procter & Gamble, and Barr. Ms. Wysocki has also disclosed that she has served as an advisor or consultant to Berlex, Wyeth, Novo Nordisk, Merck, and Barr. |