Care for the individual.
Each resident and wound is different. Treatment starts with an individual assessment and a plan shaped around their needs.
Specialized wound care for skilled nursing and long-term care facilities.
- Individualized bedside treatment
- Nursing staff education
- Remote wound monitoring
- Working alongside your team to support residents throughout healing
Serving the Florida Panhandle.
Focused on residents.
Supporting your facility.
Our approach
A partner to
your nursing team.
A nursing perspective.
A nursing background brings an understanding of the responsibilities, routines, and challenges of long-term resident care.
Part of your team.
Advanced treatments at the bedside, practical education for your nursing staff, and collaboration on the care residents need.
Time and attention.
Care led by Dr. Pappas, with time to assess, listen, and teach. Remote wound monitoring supports ongoing attention to healing.
Meet Dr. Cara Pappas
A nursing background.
A team approach.
Dr. Cara Pappas
ND, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC · Founder
23years as a
nurse practitioner
nurse practitioner
Dr. Cara Pappas
Nurse practitioner & founder
Dr. Pappas brings 23 years of nurse practitioner experience, including vascular surgery and wound care at Keck Medicine of USC, acute care, family medicine, and nursing education.
She understands what it takes to care for residents in a long-term care facility. She takes time to assess individual needs, works alongside the nursing staff, and teaches the care that continues between visits.
Florida State University
Earned her BSN, later returning to teach undergraduate and graduate nursing at her alma mater.
University of South Carolina
Earned her clinical nursing doctorate with dual specialties in Acute Care and Family Medicine.
2020–2024
Showing up when it mattered
Founded a company staffing nurse practitioners in rural hospitals to help meet the needs of the COVID surge.
Today
Panhandle Wound Care
Individualized bedside wound care, staff education, and remote wound monitoring for facilities across the Florida Panhandle.
Education & professional background
Services
Advanced wound care
at the bedside.
- Debridement
- Ultrasound treatment
- Platelet-rich plasma therapy
- Allograft
- Skin biopsy
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Remote wound monitoring
- Nursing staff education
Every wound is different. Care begins with understanding the person behind it.
Home health and home visits are also available.Contact Panhandle to discuss care needs.
The goals behind the care
Established reputation
for healing wounds.
Talk through your facility’s priorities Healing and quality of life.
Care focused on wound healing, resident comfort, and the everyday impact a wound has on someone’s life.
Informed, supported staff.
Practical teaching helps your nursing team understand and carry out each resident’s wound-care plan.
Coordinated, attentive care.
Bedside assessment and remote wound monitoring support a shared focus on each resident’s progress.
Resident & patient voices
The personal
side of care.
Words shared by people cared for by Panhandle Wound Care.
Dr. Pappas is so positive and caring
Thank you so much! I didn't think my wound would ever heal
The progress made in such a short time has been unbelievable
Contact Panhandle
Let’s discuss wound care
for your facility.
Tell Cara about your facility, your team, and the wound care support you’re looking for.