Erin Brunkan
Lee's Summit
Summary
Family Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Wound Care Specialist with over 15 years of experience managing complex acute and chronic wounds across post-acute, long-term care, and outpatient settings. Expertise in comprehensive wound assessment, bedside procedures, advanced wound therapies, diagnostics, and evidence-based treatment planning. Proven ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, educate healthcare professionals, and integrate innovative wound imaging technology to enhance clinical decision-making and patient outcomes. Recognized for delivering compassionate, high-quality patient care while driving clinical excellence through evidence-based practice and continuous quality improvement.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Specialist
Kent Imaging
04.2026 - 07.2026
- Drove clinical adoption of near-infrared tissue oxygenation imaging technology by educating physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and wound care teams on its application in patient care
- Delivered virtual and in-person clinical presentations, product demonstrations, and evaluations, supporting evidence-based wound assessment and clinical decision-making
- Conducted post-sale onboarding and training for healthcare providers and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring effective integration into clinical workflows
- Served as the primary clinical resource for customers by providing ongoing education, troubleshooting, and support to optimize utilization and improve patient outcomes
- Collaborated with Product Management and commercial teams by communicating customer feedback and clinical insights to support product enhancements and improve the overall customer experience
Advanced Wound Care Specialist
Wound Care Plus
03.2021 - 11.2025
- Provide bedside wound care services to various facilities, managing a caseload of 70-90 patients per week
- Performed comprehensive wound assessments, diagnosing and staging of wounds
- Performed bedside sharp debridement to remove non-viable tissue and improve wound healing
- Performed irrigation and debridement at the bedside, removal of foreign bodies, punch biopsies and tissue cultures
- Utilized advanced modalities including negative pressure wound therapy, cellular tissue-based products, bacterial fluorescent imaging, near infrared spectroscopy and noncontact low frequent ultrasound therapy
- Selected and applied advanced modalities based on wound etiology, comorbidities, and evidence-based protocols
- Ordered and interpreted diagnostic studies including vascular studies, lab, wound tissue cultures, and imaging to determine wound etiology and guide evidence-based treatment plans
- Collaborate with facility staff, primary care physicians, surgeons, hospice team, PT/OT, dietitians, and case management to develop individualized treatment plans
- Educate nursing staff, support staff and patient on wound prevention, offloading, and treatment recommendations
- Prescribe advanced wound therapies, including negative pressure wound therapy, biologics, antimicrobial dressings, and antibiotics
- Document accurately in the EMR to ensure continuity of care, regulatory compliance with CMS and accurate reimbursement
Family Nurse Practitioner
Orthopedic Health of Kansas City
04.2019 - 01.2021
- Conduct direct inpatient care with daily rounding on orthopedic patients
- Obtain medical histories and perform new patient consultations
- Perform as a first assistant to surgeon in the operating room
- Write orders and prescribe medications for inpatient management
- Apply splints and casting for fracture management
- Collaborate with other physicians, healthcare providers, and social services to manage daily patient care and discharge needs
- Manage and schedule surgical procedures
- Educate patients on postoperative management and fracture care
- Perform post-surgical and fracture care follow up appointments in an office setting
- Administer cortisone and viscosupplementation injections to knees
Family Nurse Practitioner
Research Medical Center
09.2014 - 03.2019
- Conduct direct inpatient care with daily rounding on orthopedic patients
- Obtain medical histories and perform new patient consultations
- Perform as a first assistant to surgeon in the operating room
- Write orders and prescribe medications for inpatient management
- Apply splints and casting for fracture management
- Collaborate with other physicians, healthcare providers, and social services to manage daily patient care and discharge needs
- Manage and schedule surgical procedures
- Educate patients on postoperative management and fracture care
- Perform post-surgical and fracture care follow up appointments in an office setting
- Administer cortisone and viscosupplementation injections to knees
Family Nurse Practitioner
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
12.2013 - 09.2014
- Conduct direct inpatient care with daily rounding, within the intensive care unit and telemetry units on pre and post cardiothoracic surgical patients
- Obtain medical histories, perform new patient consultations, and dictate history and physicals
- Order and interpret laboratory findings and diagnostic imaging
- Write orders and prescribe medications for inpatient management
- Discontinue chest tubes and temporary pacing wires
- Manage and schedule surgical procedures
- Educate patients on disease processes and post surgical instructions
- Perform post surgical follow up appointments in an office setting
- Perform minor in office procedures, such as suture and drain removals and I&D of seromas
Family Nurse Practitioner
Centerpoint Clinic of Blue Springs-Urgent Care
12.2011 - 12.2013
- Obtain medical histories, perform physical examinations, appropriately diagnosis and provide treatment accordingly
- Provide acute care to patients of all age groups for acute illness, exacerbations of chronic illness and acute injuries
- Order and interpret laboratory findings and diagnostic imaging
- Perform minor procedures, such as laceration repair and incision & drainage of abscesses
- Treat an average of 20 patients per day
- Collaborate with supervising physician and other healthcare providers to make treatment recommendations, additional diagnostic testing and provide quality patient care
- Provide patient education on disease prevention, health promotion, and proper medication usage
Float Pool RN
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
08.2010 - 12.2011
- Acute care monitoring in the medical/surgical intensive care unit
- Management of chronic diseases and patient education on disease processes and self-care management within the telemetry step down units
- Post operative recovery in the intensive care unit and the medical surgical unit
- Removal of femoral arterial and venous sheaths post cardiac catheterization
- Staffed as the hospital resource RN
- Implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines
Clinical Practice Lead-ICU and CCU
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
08.2009 - 08.2010
- Managed scheduling and staffing throughout both units
- Developed leadership skills
- Conducted interviewing for ICU and CCU
- Participated in budgeting for the next fiscal year
- Participated in peer reviews and problem solving for ICU and CCU
- Attended daily hospital census meetings
- Review and implementation of clinical practice guidelines
ICU Clinician 2
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
06.2005 - 08.2009
- Hemodynamic monitoring and intravenous drip titrations
- Postoperative recovery of coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients
- Collaboration with critical care physicians and staff
- Assisted with endotracheal intubation and bedside procedures
- Ventilator management, intra-aortic balloon pump monitoring, and continuous renal replacement therapy
Education
Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas08-2011
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri05-2005
Skills
- Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Education proficiency
- EMR documentation
- Surgical first assist
- Negative pressure therapy
- Advanced wound management
- Sharp debridement
- Bacterial fluorescence imaging
- Near-infrared spectroscopy imaging
- Cellular tissue products
- CMS complaince
- Interprofessional collaboration
Affiliations
- American Nurses Association
- Missouri Nurses Association
- American Professional Wound Care Association
Certification
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Credential number- F1111167
- Registered Family Nurse Practitioner, licensed in Missouri and Kansas
- MO 2011039956 KS 53-75355-052
- Missouri RN license MO 2005024575
- Kansas RN license KS 14-102630-052
- National Provider Identifier 1902174188
Timeline
Clinical Specialist
Kent Imaging
04.2026 - 07.2026
Advanced Wound Care Specialist
Wound Care Plus
03.2021 - 11.2025
Family Nurse Practitioner
Orthopedic Health of Kansas City
04.2019 - 01.2021
Family Nurse Practitioner
Research Medical Center
09.2014 - 03.2019
Family Nurse Practitioner
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
12.2013 - 09.2014
Family Nurse Practitioner
Centerpoint Clinic of Blue Springs-Urgent Care
12.2011 - 12.2013
Float Pool RN
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
08.2010 - 12.2011
Clinical Practice Lead-ICU and CCU
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
08.2009 - 08.2010
ICU Clinician 2
St. Joseph’s Medical Center
06.2005 - 08.2009
Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner
University of Kansas Medical Center
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
University of Missouri