Nursing Honors for College Graduate

Brenda Proctor, from New Iberia, is the Outstanding Master’s Graduate for the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions.

She was one of six graduate students who were finalists for the new Outstanding Master’s Graduate designation, which started with the Spring 2015 Commencement.

Each graduate program nominates one student for the award, based on leadership, scholarship, service, and research. A committee, led by the dean of the University’s Graduate School, selects the top candidates.

Proctor earned national certification from the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Society in 2012, which requires completion of extra graduate course work, rigorous nursing rotations, and passage of an exam.

Proctor is working on a research project that examines the implementation of evidence-based practice in wound care, in combination with evidence-based diabetes management, to reduce the number of lower limb amputations in Louisiana.

She also developed the “Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Community Guide,” an educational tool for medical students.

Proctor is a member of several professional nursing organizations, including the American Nurses Association and the Louisiana State Nurses Association. She had a 3.875 GPA.