Shelby has been a nurse since 2015, graduating from Seminole State College with an Associate Degree in Nursing. Then advancing her education at Panhandle State University gaining a BSN. She then went on to Maryville University where she graduated in 2021 with a Masters Degree in Nursing focus in Family Practice. Board Certified with American Academy of Nurse Practitioners since 2021.

With two years of urgent care experience and nearly 3 years of primary care experience, she’s seen firsthand how rushed, insurance-driven visits fail patients. She started Parsons Primary Care to do it differently. She is currently completing her functional medicine certification and was named a 2026 Tri-County Best of Women’s Healthcare Provider.

Outside of the clinic, Shelby is the wife of her highschool sweetheart, a love story that started right here in Pottawatomie County. She is proudly the mama to two rowdy cowboy’s and a rodeo cowgirl herself. Her passion for expanding access to care in rural communities and a root-cause approach to health comes from personal experience.

“I started this practice because listening matters. My patients deserve time — and answers that go beyond the symptoms, to the WHY behind them”

SParsons, APRN