Nurse practitioner Barbara C. Phillips has been a GNP-BC since 1988 and FNP-BC since 1998. After many years of working for someone else, she opened her own practice. During this process, she discovered that many NPs were seeking information about practice development and management. Since 2006, she has been blogging, writing articles and providing presentations and services to NPs and other clinicians on the topic of business and practice development. She is the founder and CEO of NP Choice, LLC.