Linda Joan Pearson DNSc, APRN-BC, FPMHNP, FAANP
Dr. Linda Pearson, a nurse practitioner for over thirty five years, currently practices clinically as a Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She has recently written a lay parenting book titled The Discipline Miracle: The Clinically Proven System for Raising Happy, Healthy and Well-Behaved Kids. She also authors the Pearson Report - an annual national state-by-state survey of NP legislation and regulations she has published for the past 23 years. Dr. Pearson received a doctoral degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis; served as Editor-in-Chief of the Nurse Practitioner Journal for over twenty years; and was a member of the Colorado Board of Nursing for eight years. She lectures extensively and speaks nationally including radio and TV appearances.