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Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP - USA
| Susan Wysocki is the President and CEO of the
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (N-P-W-H) formerly the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Reproductive Health. She is a woman’s health nurse practitioner certified by the National Certification Corporation (NCC) and a national recognized speaker and opinion leader in the field of women’s health. Ms. Wysocki is the editor of Clinical Challenges in Women’s Health: A Handbook for Nurse Practitioners. She is the editor of multiple publications including: Contemporary Nurse Practitioners, Conversations in Counseling, and Transitions: Menopause News for NPs and PAs, Further, she is a contributing Editor and Washington, DC Bureau Chief for Nurse Practitioner World News. Ms. Wysocki also serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Patient Care for the Nurse Practitioner, and Contraceptive Technology Update. She is also the author of Family Planning at Your Fingertips and has authored numerous articles in nursing publications. In 1999, Ms. Wysocki was selected by a national panel of nurse practitioners convened by the Nurse Practitioner Journal for a Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognized ten nurse practitioners that made a difference in the history of the nurse practitioner movement. 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. Ms. Wysocki has testified before Congress, the FDA and CDC regarding women’s health issues as well as the role of nurse practitioners. Her testimony at the CDC was largely responsible for the inclusion of nurse practitioners in the Physician Performed Microscopy category in the CLIA regulations among other accomplishments. In the courts, (NANPRH v. Sullivan) Ms. Wysocki’s testimony was critical to enjoining federal administrative rules that would have prohibited nurse practitioners from providing pregnancy counseling. Ms. Wysocki has been quoted in a wide range of publications including the Washington Post, Glamour, Essence, Shape, Rolling Stone and Oggi, Japan’s equivalent of Glamour. She has also appeared in television and radio broadcasts nationwide where she has discussed a wide range of women’s health issues. Ms. Wysocki is a graduate of Boston College School of Nursing and attained her certificate as a nurse practitioner through the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. |
