Vicki Richardson, NP

Vicki Richardson is a Certified Nurse Practitioner in the Medical Oncology Department at the Cape Fear Valley Cancer Center. She works with Dr. Sajjad Malick, assessing and treating cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and routine follow-up appointments.

Vicki was born and raised in North Carolina, hailing from Rockingham. Prior to her nursing career, she worked with Cumberland County Mental Health at the Roxie Avenue Center, a mental health facility, where co-workers encouraged her to return to school in pursuit of a nursing degree.

Vicki earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 2004. She was awarded the Duke Medical School Faculty Wives Scholarship and the Emmy Lou Tompkins Scholarship. Following graduation, Vicki worked on the Long-Term Care unit at the VA Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina where she became increasingly more intrigued and motivated to continue her work with the geriatric population. While working with Alzheimer’s patients and witnessing the struggle of her own family as her father suffered and died from this disease, she developed the desire to learn more and provide greater care for those who suffer this cruel disease.

Vicki returned to Duke University receiving the John A. Hartford Foundation Scholarship becoming a Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing Scholar. Vicki was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing and Nurse Practitioner Degree specializing in the field of geriatrics. She is Board). She is a member of the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the North Carolina Nursing Association. She is also a member of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS).