Wound Consultant
Foothills Rehabilitation Center, Tucson, Arizona
Devon Gables Rehabilitation Center, Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona School of Nursing
Tucson, AZ
Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans has been a nurse for 50 years, a Nurse Practitioner for 46 and has worked in Long Term Care for 45. In 1974 she became the very first Family Nurse Practitioner in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1983 while working at the Byron Health Center, a 500 bed long term care facility, she started one of the first Wound Care Teams in Long Term Care. During this time, she identified a particular phenomenon developing before death known as the “Kennedy Terminal Ulcer.” Karen served on the Board of Directors of the NPUPA, now known as the NPIAP, from 2012-2018 serving as secretary from 2016-2018. Karen has been on numerous founding boards such as the Association of Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), For the Recognition of the Adult Immobilized Life (FRAIL) Skin Changes At Life’s End, (SCALE). Karen has published numerous articles, chapters and has lectured extensively. In 2016 Karen spoke at the French Wound Healing Society Annual Conference in Paris, France on the “Kennedy Terminal Ulcer.”
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Thursday, April 7, 2022
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM MST