In 1997 Terry Richmond started to carve out a unique and pioneering area of interdisciplinary knowledge in firearm injuries and violence. She was already nationally recognized as a neuroscience and trauma clinical nurse specialist, speaker and author. Today she is considered the leading nurse researcher in firearm injuries and violence and recognized as a mentor across professional disciplines. Most recently, she has put forward a research agenda to reduce firearm violence. All of this brings her to interdisciplinary national policy deliberations where she is usually the only nurse at the table.
At the intersection of her work in trauma care and violence, Dr. Richmond has also begun to study the outcomes of serious traumatic injury among critically ill older adults. One the world's foremost experts in gerontological nursing research credits her with carving a significant niche in geriatric critical care, something unheard of 5 years ago.
AACN and the AACN Certification Corporation have benefited from Dr. Richmond's active volunteerism and commitment to professional organizations. She served on both boards of directors and numerous task forces and committees. She served on the Society of Critical Care Medicine Project IMPACT advisory board and received the SCCM Presidential Citation.
