April Rowe Neal
MS, RN
April Rowe Neal is assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She is currently the course coordinator and clinical instructor for the junior level medical-surgical nursing courses, a position she shared with her colleague, Jacqueline Puppe for two years and has maintained sole responsibility for the last four years. April also holds a supplemental position as a staff nurse in the medical/surgical and Special Care Unit at Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota. April's background includes neurosurgical, surgical-trauma, critical care, and emergency nursing and spans 11 years.