Dr. Jessica Peck, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP, FAAN is a Clinical Professor at the Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing (LHSON). She holds active national credentials as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator, and Clinical Nurse Leader. She also holds the dual credentials of Fellow in both the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Academy of nursing, among the highest honors in the nursing profession. Dr. Peck has been teaching pediatrics in higher education for nearly two decades, achieving the rank of Full Professor with tenure and the Will Dean Bivens Singleton Professorship of Pediatric Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Her clinical experience includes: pediatric outpatient primary care, pediatric emergent and inpatient care at a community regional hospital, care of newborns in the hospital setting, camp nursing, and community home visits.Dr. Peck is highly accomplished in her field, serving in elected leadership positions in many professional organizations. Revered as a nurse leader, in 2019 Dr. Peck was honored as the Texas Nurse Practitioner of the Year. Throughout her career she has received many awards and recognitions such as: Loretta C. Ford Distinguished Nurse Practitioner (2023), Advocate of the Year for the American Nurses Association (2022), Lillian Wald Humanitarian Award (2021), and Leadership Excellence from the International Council of Nurses (2021), among others. Dr. Peck is designated as Distinguished Alumnus for both the University of Texas Medical Branch (2022) and the University of Alabama (2020). She is a two-time International Academy of Nurse Editors Hall of Fame inductee for Outstanding Article of the Year (2021). Dr. Peck has made numerous author contributions for various textbooks and review books and has published more than 60 clinical articles in peer-reviewed journals.
