At the heart of Frontier Nursing University is a talented and diverse community of students, alumni, faculty, staff, Couriers and preceptors. Spotlight blogs feature members of our FNU community that are focused on the mission of educating nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners to deliver quality healthcare to underserved and rural populations. Frontier Nursing University (FNU) Preceptors Tina Babinski and Kerry Pham were honored as FNU’s “Featured Preceptors” for the 2019 Spring Term. Tina … [Read more...]
FNU Alumni Answer the Call in Alaska
Since its foundation in 1939, Frontier Nursing University (FNU) has adopted a mission of reaching rural, diverse and underserved populations. This mission is still being lived out today, where more than 80 FNU alumni are answering the call in our country’s most remote and unforgiving state: Alaska. According to the World Population Review, Alaska’s terrain includes 17 of the United States’ 20 highest mountain peaks, as well as 70 volcanoes, more than 3 million lakes, and 3,000 rivers. Many … [Read more...]
FNU Virtual Event to Focus on Healthcare Team Communication and Perinatal Mental Health
VERSAILLES, Ky.—National Midwifery Week is the first week of October, and Frontier Nursing University (FNU) is celebrating by hosting a virtual event dedicated to nurse-midwifery. Featured topics include healthcare team communication and perinatal mental health. Nurse-midwives, prospective midwives and others can participate online at Frontier.edu/MidwiferyWeek. From September 29 to October 5, the Empower 2019 FNU Virtual Event: Nurse-Midwives Improving Patient Care Through Teamwork will … [Read more...]
Jonas Scholar Spotlight: Kamil El
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) alumna Kamil El, CNM, is obtaining her education with the ultimate goal of sharing her knowledge with future students. Kamil received the prestigious Jonas Scholarship to aid in her current studies as a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student at FNU. The Jonas Scholarship program, now in its tenth year, exists to improve healthcare through targeted investments in high-potential doctoral nursing students pursuing PhD, EdD or DNP degrees, whose research … [Read more...]
Faculty Spotlight: Erin Tenney
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) faculty member Erin Tenney (DNP, WHCNP, CNM) is passionate about working with rural and Indigenous underserved populations in her northern Wisconsin community. Erin began working at FNU in 2016 and served in both didactic and clinical faculty roles. Soon after, she made the transition to full-time regional clinical faculty for the Upper Midwest for the Nurse-Midwifery and Women’s Health programs. In her rural northern Wisconsin community, Erin works in a … [Read more...]
Alumni Spotlight: Melissa Lawlor
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) alumna Melissa Lawlor wears many hats. In addition to being a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) student and Certified Nurse-Midwife, she is a firefighter, EMT, educator, wife and mother of three. “Frontier teaches you how to find the areas in your community that need serving and look for how you can best serve there,” said Melissa. Her search has led her into the education arena. From her home in Pleasant Valley, New York, Melissa travels locally, statewide … [Read more...]
Introducing the Clinical Outreach and Placement Unit
Each of the graduate programs at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) is offered through distance education where students complete coursework online and clinical hours in their own communities across the country. The convenience that distance education brings to nurse-midwifery and nurse practitioner students is one of FNU’s primary advantages, but it can also present unique challenges in locating quality clinical sites and preceptors to meet each student’s needs. Preceptors (nurse-midwives, nurse … [Read more...]
DNP Author Spotlight: Rachel Simmons
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) alumna Rachel Simmons, DNP, WHNP, is working to give a voice to minority patients who feel ignored and overlooked in the mainstream healthcare system. Rachel was one of FNU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) graduates published in the recently-released 5th edition of Caring for the Vulnerable. Her chapter entitled Culturally contextualized community outreach program to promote breastfeeding among African-American women was based on over nine years of … [Read more...]
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