Margaret Erickson holds certification as an Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse (APHN) from the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC). She received her BSN from the University of Michigan and her MSN and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. Her doctoral research focused on the relationships among Maternal Need Satisfaction, Perceived Support and Maternal-Infant Bonding-Attachment in Adolescent mothers. She has always practiced holistic-based nursing care, regardless of her role, or the setting or population she works with.

She has been the CEO of the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation since May 2000. She has practiced holistic nursing for 42 years and has worked with different populations in various settings, including, but not limited to Adult and Mental Health, ICU, Newborn Nursery, Labor and Delivery, Long Term Care, Independent Practice, and Discharge Planning and Case Management. She has consulted with numerous universities and healthcare institutions to facilitate the implementation of holistic nursing practice and a holistic-based paradigm for healthcare transformation. She has taught holistic nursing at the graduate and undergraduate levels at the University of Texas at Austin and Tennessee State University and has researched, published, and presented nationally in holistic nursing, theory-based practice, and holistic health.

Margaret has received numerous awards throughout her career including but not limited to the American Nurses Foundation Scholar award, Outstanding Graduate PhD Student, School of Nursing at the University of Texas at Austin, Cullen Endowed University Graduate Fellowship, the Community Service Recognition Award from Epsilon Theta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, and was named AHNA 2018 Holistic Nurse of the Year.

She is a founding member of the Global Academy of Holistic Nursing, currently serves as Co-Chair of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium; is the President-Elect of the Board of Directors for the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification, and is on the Executive Committee of the Society for Advancement of Modeling and Role-Modeling.