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Dr. Woods is an accomplished leader having held positions which include nurse manager, administrator and chief nursing officer in hospitals in San Antonio and Dallas, Texas. Dr. Woods has also served on the faculties of the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and the University of the Incarnate Word, also in San Antonio. She is an alumnus of the TWU undergraduate nursing program. She also holds a master’s degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Woods has over thirty years of experience in nursing as an educator, researcher, practitioner and administrator. Her clinical area of expertise is cardiac nursing, and in particular cardiac rhythm disturbances. Her research has focused on the culture of patient care units and the effect on the retention of nursing staff. She has served on the national board for the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and is active with the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the Texas Nurse’s Association. She has served on the board of trustees for both Texas Health Resources Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and Parkland Healthcare and Hospital System.
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Areas of Expertise (11)
Leadership Development
Organizational Culture
Strategic Planning
Nursing Retention
Cardiac Nursing
Cardiac Rhythm Disorders
Hospital Leadership
Health Care Governance
Not For Profit Boards
Population-Based Health Care Design and Patient Care Models
Nurse Retention
Accomplishments (5)
Texas Healthcare Trustee’s Star Award (professional)
2015 Award shared by members of the Parkland Health and Hospital System board of managers
Great 100 Nurses, Dallas TX (professional)
2015
VANAP Partnership Award (professional)
A $3.5 million grant for the nursing and VA hospital.
Veteran’s Affairs Nursing Academic Partnership Award (professional)
A $3.5 million dollar program award to develop a academic-service partnership with the VA
Distinguished Alumnus Award (professional)
2004 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing
Education (3)
University of Texas at Austin: Ph.D., Nursing
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: M.S., Nursing
Texas Woman's University: B.S., Nursing
Articles (2)
The art of EKG interpretation (8th ed.)
St. Louis, Mo: Kendall-Hunt
2015
Creating a healing environment practice protocol: Spiritual and complementary therapies to promote healing and reduce stress
In Molter, K. (2nd ed.). American Association of Critical Care Nurses
2007
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