Congratulations Wound Care University (WCU) graduates! The month of May welcomes four new Nurse Practitioners to WoundCentrics’ collection of highly trained professionals. We are proud to introduce to you Katie Decena, Roxs Anne Greaud, Tekisha Murphy, and Christine Rodriguez.
Developed by our team of specialty wound care providers and associates, WCU is a comprehensive wound care education program designed to prepare its graduates for complex wound care across the continuum of care. Katie, Roxs Anne, Tekisha, and Christine joined us at our New Braunfels corporate office for a broad-based curriculum which includes wound pathophysiology, treatment modalities, advanced technologies, product literacy, and clinical documentation. Through WCU, our graduates accelerate their wound care career with teachings on clinical skills, such as sharp debridement, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, and application of Engineered Skin Graft techniques, empowering our providers to deliver exceptional wound care services that improve outcomes to their patients.
Both Katie Decena, FNP-C and Christine Rodriguez, ANCC, FNP-BC will join our wound care teams in San Antonio, Texas at Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center and Christus Santa Rosa Westover Hills. Katie will pair her new advanced wound care knowledge with 10-years of acute care experience and Christine will incorporate her 25-years of comprehensive knowledge of health care delivery with the existing multidisciplinary team of clinical professionals. Together Katie and Christine combine their years of experience to share in the Christus goal to heal wounds, promote early recovery, prevent hospitalization, avoid prolonged or permanent disability and amputations to restore the quality of life through individualized treatment plans (https://www.christushealth.org/santa-rosa/medical-center/services-treatments/wound-care).
Roxs Anne Greaud, APRN, ACNP-BC will join the newest hospital to partner with WoundCentrics, Ochsner Extended Care Hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana. Roxs Anne will unite her 11-years of nurse practitioner experience in acute and chronic disease management to Ocsher’s staff of 85 employees dedicated to delivering comprehensive, integrated treatment, helping patients recover from conditions ranging from cardiovascular and neurological disorders to infectious diseases and trauma. Ochsner’s long-term acute care unit is designed to care for the most critically ill patients for an extended period of time (https://www.ochsner.org/services/ochsner-extended-care-hospital).
Tekisha Murphy, APRN, FNP-C will partner with James Patrick Bridges, MD at Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals of Texas Medical Center and Clear Lake in Houston, Texas along with numerous post-acute locations across the city. Tekisha shares with WoundCentrics her 17-years of clinical experience as a nurse and nurse practitioner and a passion to work with patients and families to provide individualized evidenced-based care and help her patients achieve their optimal level of health. Tekisha’s passion fits perfectly with Cornerstone’s mission to provide quality of care, responsive service, and commitment to excellence (https://www.chghospitals.com/).
Welcome to our team and congratulations on your graduation from WCU!
Pictured from left to right: Marcus Gitterlee, MD, Katie Decena, FNP-C, Christine Rodriguez, ANCC, FNP-BC, RoxsAnne Greaud APRN, ACNP-BC, Tekisha Murphy, APRN, FNP-C, and David Jones FNP-C