Merit Health Medical Group Welcomes Hometown Provider
10/11/2018
Leakesville – Merit Health Medical Group welcomes Nurse Practitioner, April Hinton, FNP-C, to its primary care clinic in Leakesville.
Hinton, a native of McLain, joins Nurse Practitioner Winette Denmark, FNP-BC, providing family medicine expertise to the area.
Hinton, a graduate of Greene County High School, returns to the area after working as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Family Health Clinic of Grenada in Grenada, Miss. Previously, she worked as a registered nurse in Hattiesburg, Columbus, and Greenwood, Miss., focusing her work in critical and intensive care. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at William Carey University and a Master of Science in Nursing from Delta State University. Hinton is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, of which she also holds active membership. She is a member of the Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners, the Mississippi Nurse’s Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support, and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
Merit Health Medical Group, located at 320 Main Street in Leakesville, offers specialized care for patients of all ages.
Hinton is now accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment, call (601) 394-2910.
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