Jessica Wood

Jessica Wood, DNP, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, is a women's health nurse practitioner, director of the School of Nursing, and associate professor. She has been teaching at Norwich University since 2008. Although she has experience as a critical care nurse, a kidney transplant nurse, and an emergency room nurse, the majority of her career has been dedicated to labor, delivery, postpartum, newborn care, and women's health. 

As a passionate leader for nursing, Dr. Wood has expanded her expertise to include many leadership and nursing education roles in her 20-plus years in nursing. Her most recent work was for a well-known nonprofit organization providing care to women throughout northern New England. Additionally, she has led nursing students to impoverished areas of Nicaragua and continues to practice as a women's health nurse practitioner in New England.

D.N.P. Nursing, Duke University 
Post-Masters Certificate Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner, Duke University 
M.S. Health Systems Leadership, Norwich University 
B.S.N. Nursing, University of New Hampshire

NR 441 Nursing Capstone 
NR 524 Health Policy, Advocacy, and Economics in Healthcare 
NR 617 FNP IV Reproductive Health

Wood, J., & Stephenson, E. (2018). Using Hourly Time-out and a Standardized Tool to Promote Team Communication, Medical Record Documentation, and Patient Satisfaction During Second Stage Labor. Maternal Child Nursing.