Margaret McAllister has been an FNP since 1980. She has practiced and taught in variety of settings: the Seton Hall University Adult Nurse Practitioner Program from 1980-1986; Northeastern University Adult Nurse Practitioner program from 1989-1995, and; the University of Massachusetts, Boston Family and Gero/Adult Nurse Practitioner program from 1995 to present. Both at Northeastern and U Mass Boston, Margaret played a pivotal role in the development of the NP master’s program curriculum and, as coordinator, initiated a web enhanced NP curriculum. At U Mass she has served as the program coordinator, principal faculty, and grant project director.  In addition to the FNP program, she has been instrumental in developing Gero/Adult NP programs, including curriculum, courses, evaluation tools, and clinical placement sites. She has served as CCNE site team member and has served as a member of the CCNE steering committee at the U Mass Boston College of Nursing.

Margaret developed the post-master’s certificate options and has initiated online education in advanced pathophysiology and advanced pharmacology.  Most recently, she has initiated a proposal for a post-master’s FNP certificate program with all online courses, with options for students with and without background experience as nurse practitioners.  She has authored and directed a funded education grant from the Division of Nursing for family nurse practitioner education.  She has served as: a consultant to the Ontario (Canada) Board of Registration in Nursing for FNP certification exams; consultant to the Long Beach California Hospital for the Assessment and Evaluation of Nurses Health Assessment Skills; and consultant to the U Mass Boston University Health Services on in service and quality assurance programs.