Marguarite L. Richardson DNP, MSN, APRN-BC
  
Educational Background:
Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP); University of Florida
MS major in Nursing; as an Adult Nurse Practitioner; USF Tampa, Florida.
BSN; USF Tampa Florida
AAS Nursing Major, Orange County Community College Middletown, N.Y.
Certificate: RN First Assistant, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA.
Doctoral Research Project
The Expertise and Perceptions of Nurse Practitioners in Meeting the Needs of Male-to-Female Transgender Patients

Certifications:
CNOR until 2000
ANCC Adult Nurse Practitioner
ACLS/BLS

Professional Experience:
1/2014- present-         St. Petersburg College; College of Nursing; ADN program; BSN adjunct
Courses taught: ADN- Level I, Level II, Level III; BSN- Pathophysiology, Role, Pharmacology, Legal Ethical
2004- 12/31/2013-     Bay Pines VAMC: Adult ARNP in Nuclear Cardiology
  Fall of 2013- Adjunct LPN to RN, St. Petersburg College
  Fall of 2012- Adjunct South University, MSN program, courses; Women's Health, Advanced Theory
1997-2004  Adult ARNP in Women’s Primary Care/Gender specific care at Bay Pines VAMC
2000-2002 Nurse Manager of Surgical Outpatient clinics 11/2000 to 9/2002, Bay Pines
1997-2004 SAVE Program St. Pete HLTH DEPT – Forensics; Planned Parenthood
1997-2004 Adjunct Instructor- St. Pete College LPN to RN program
1996-1997 Adult ARNP in primary care clinics, Bay Pines VAMC
1994-1996 Educator/Staff James A. Haley VAMC;
  Instructor for Perioperative Nursing elective at USF
1993-1994 Assistant Clinical Manager of Operating room St. Anthony’s Hospital
1980-1993 Assistant Clinical Manager of Operating Room Lee Memorial Hospital
1982-1985 Intravenous Team, Lee Memorial Hospital
         -1982  Staff Nurse Medical/Surgical Unit, Lee Memorial Hospital, Ft. Myers, Fl.

Professional Organizations:
West Coast Council of Advance Practice Nurses (APNs)
American Nurses Association and Florida Nurses Association
Pinellas Area of Nurse Educators- (PANE)
Sigma Theta Tau
Florida Health Simulation Alliance (FHSA)

Committee/Council Membership
2000-2002 Member of RN Boards at Bay Pines VAMC
2009-12/2013 Chair of Evidence-Based Practice/Nursing Research Council
2010-2011 Alternate for IRB meetings Bay Pines VAMC
2011-1/2014  IRB member Bay Pines VAMC

Community Service:
Bone Density screenings for Healthy Athletes at the Special Olympics
Health Screenings at local Health Fairs associate with West Coast Council of APNs
Breast Cancer Screening for the American Cancer Society


Speaker at Seminars:
Guest Speaker at South University for The Women’s Health Course: Transgender care and Benign GYN Masses.
Ladies Day Out – women’s health issues at Bay Pines VAMC
Prime of Our Lives- health maintenance at Bay Pines VAMC
Guest Speaker at Seminole Middle School- topic cardiovascular disease (Bring parent to class day)

Poster Presentation
The Expertise and Perceptions of Nurse Practitioners in Meeting the Needs of Male-to-Female Transgender Patients- presented at Sigma Theta Tau 2012 Research Conference 1-28-2012.

Awards or Honors:
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society
Cum Laude Graduate, USF