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Biographies
Dr.
Barbara Sheer DNSc, FNP-C, FAANP.
Dr. Sheer holds
a doctorate from Widener University in nursing education, a MSN
with a concentration as family nurse practitioner from the State
University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton, a pediatric nurse practitioner
certificate from Rutgers School of Medicine and College of Nursing,
and a BSN from the University of Pennsylvania.
She developed the undergraduate nursing program at the University
of Scranton and the nurse practitioner and combined nurse practitioner/
clinical nurse specialist programs at the University of Delaware.
She has been an educator / consultant in nursing education and curriculum
development for over 20 years, and has consulted with nurse practitioner
programs nationally and internationally. She is nationally certified
as a family nurse practitioner by AANP and ANCC and is a partner
in Nurse Practitioner InterNational Consultants (NPINC).
Dr Sheer has been actively involved in the nurse practitioner movement
for the past 30 years and has held regional, state, and national
positions in nurse practitioner organizations. Among the positions
were the President of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners,
and Chair of the National Alliance of Nurse Practitioners and Chair
of the Fellows of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She
was the US representative in planning for the 1st international
nurse practitioner conference in London.
As a former Public Health Policy Fellow she continues to work with
multidisciplinary groups to forward the primary care agenda. Currently
she serves as the chair of the Communications Subcommittee of the
ICN International Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practice Nursing Network.
Dr.
Kathy Riley-Lawless
Dr. Riley-Lawless
is an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware. She has
extensive teaching experience with graduate and undergraduate students
in both the classroom and clinical setting. She is also a nurse
practitioner at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
A pediatric nurse for over 25 years, Dr. Riley-Lawless’ research
focuses on families. She has examined the effects of family environment
on behavioral and physiological cardiovascular risk factors in parents
and their adolescents. Currently she is collaborating with nurse
researchers from Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, studying
families with a child with a chronic condition.
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