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American College of Nurse Practitioners Announces 2005 Board Election Results
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The American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) is pleased to announce the election of five new members to its 2005-2006 Board of Directors. The board members will begin their terms following the 2005 ACNP National Nurse Practitioner Summit in Washington, DC, February 4-7, 2005. President-ElectKenneth P. Miller, PhD, RN, CFNP, FAAN - Ken Miller is a Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Clinical Scholarship at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center, College of Nursing (CON), and has been a nurse educator/researcher for 20 years. Dr.

Miller is the current President of the New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council and practices as a FNP at a nurse managed clinic in Albuquerque. A graduate of the University of Arizona, College of Nursing, Dr. Miller also has a doctorate in Clinical Nursing Research and a post master's certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He previously served on the ACNP Board of Directors as Treasurer. He is the current Treasurer, Executive Committee Member, Board Member and Chair of the audit/finance committee for the National Nursing Centers Consortium.

SecretaryTeresa Richardson, MSN, APRN, BC - Teresa Richardson is a psychiatric nurse practitioner providing primary mental health care for individuals, families and couples experiencing behavioral and emotional problems at the Center for Families in Transition in Bethesda, Maryland. Ms. Richardson received her MSN from Southern Connecticut State University and was educated as a Behavioral Science Nurse Practitioner at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. From 2002-2003, she served as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, teaching mental health studies. She is past acting Executive Director for the District of Columbia Board of Nursing.

She is currently serving as a member of the Committee on Impaired Nurses for the District of Columbia. Individual Member RepresentativePatricia A. Hughes, MS, RN, FNP, WHNP, B.C. - Patricia Hughes is a nurse practitioner in Internal Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Pleasanton, California where she provides expert adult primary care to a diverse population 17 years and older, including Spanish speaking patients. As part of a team of MDs, nurse practitioners, psychologists and pharmacists, Ms.

Hughes helps coordinate interdisciplinary care for patients. She received her MSN from the University of California, San Francisco. She is active in the California Association for Nurse Practitioners, serving on the Board of Directors for four years with a primary interest in Government Relations. She has been active in coordinating local educational programs to qualify California NPs for the privilege of prescribing Schedule 2 drugs. Ms.

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