NP April Lumpkins is a Board-Certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with twelve years’ experience in managing complex wounds and ostomies as a Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse and Certified Foot Care Nurse and 2 years in Hyperbaric Medicine. In addition to wound/ostomy care, my past responsibilities have included management, quality improvement, program development, health informatics, documentation improvement, research, and clinical education. Evidence-based education will empower other clinicians to better manage the many complexities of wound and ostomy care. I believe the core to successful wound healing is not only establishing the right diagnosis and treatment plan, but also to educate and engage the patient to be an active participant in their care.
