Phyllis Wood, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, earned her BSN from Baylor University School of Nursing, Dallas, Texas in 1999. Afterwards, Phyllis worked as a Med-Surg Nurse for Plaza Medical Center (now called Medical City Fort Worth) in Fort Worth, Texas from 1999-2001.  She then worked as a School Nurse for the Fort Worth Independent School District from 2001-2004.  Phyllis then worked as a Psychiatric Nurse in the Psychiatric Emergency Department at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas while earning her master’s degree at Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas, Texas from January 2004-May 2006.  Subsequently, after earning her MSN, she passed the ANCC Board Certification Exam and became a Family Nurse Practitioner.  As a Family Nurse Practitioner, Phyllis worked in the John Peter Smith Hospital School Based Clinics, the Pulmonary Clinic, and most recently in an Internal Medicine Clinic where she was the primary care provider for many patients.  Although an Internal Medicine Clinic, she evaluated newborn babies, children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patients.  She says she performed newborn exams, school/sports physicals, well woman exams, well male exams and Medicare wellness exams, Phyllis also worked part-time in the Urgent Care Clinic at John Peter Smith Hospital.  Phyllis earned her DNP in 2010 at Concordia University Wisconsin.  in 2011, she entered into academia part-time at the University of Texas at Arlington.  Phyllis taught didactic and clinical courses early on and then became an Assistant Clinical Professor.