Saint Francis Adds Nurse Practitioner Austin Roubidoux to Emergency Department

Austin R. Roubidoux, APRN, FNP-C

Saint Francis Medical Center welcomes nurse practitioner Austin Roubidoux, APRN, FNP-C, to the Emergency Department. He joins 14 other emergency providers in Saint Francis’ Emergency and Trauma Center, the region’s only state-designated Level III Trauma Center.

He earned his Master of Science in nursing from Cox College in Springfield, Missouri and is Board Certified from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Nurse practitioners are nurses who have undergone advanced training and are able to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries, order lab work and imaging tests, and write prescriptions. They can manage many health conditions, teach health promotion and help patients with disease prevention.