Laura Kay Wood, DNP, RN, CMCN  is a professor of graduate nursing at Purdue University Global. She received her DNP in executive leadership. Her EBP project focused on diaster nurse competencies. She holds a master's of nurisng in nursing education from Kaplan University. Her bachelor's degree in nursing is from Kaplan University. She is a board-certified managed care nurse. She has written and presented on diaster nursing.