Jennifer L. Richard, NP

Jennifer is an ANCC board certified Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner with Strong Memorial Hospital's Comprehensive Stroke Program. Jennifer graduated from the University of Rochester's School of Nursing with as a NP in 2014. Jennifer worked at Monroe Community Hospital and Strong Memorial Hospital's Memory Care Program as a NP before accepting a position with the Stroke team.

Jennifer employs a holistic approach to patient care and works collaboratively with other members of the interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive and quality care for stroke patients.

Professional Background

Jennifer is an ANCC board certified Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner with Strong Memorial Hospital's Comprehensive Stroke Program. Jennifer graduated from the University of Rochester's School of Nursing with as a NP in 2014. Jennifer worked at Monroe Community Hospital as a NP prior to and Strong Memorial Hospital's Memory Care Program before accepting a position with Strong's Stroke Team.

Jennifer graduated Cum Laude with a BA in Psychology from University of Rochester in 2005 and worked in Alzheimer's disease research with the University of Rochester's Alzheimer's Disease Care and Research Education Program (AD-CARE) from 2005 to 2010 before returning to University of Rochester's School of Nursing to pursue a career in nursing. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from U of R's School of Nursing in 2010 and worked as a RN in Oncology on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital for four years while pursuing her NP degree.

Jennifer has authored a paper entitled, "Donepezil in the treatment of severe Alzheimer's disease," which was published in the August 2007 edition of the British Journal Aging Health. Jennifer also helped create a poster entitled "Use of the MOCA for Patients Presenting to a Memory Disorder's Clinic," that was presented at the 2009 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry meeting.

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