Frontier Nursing University (FNU) alumni Charles R. Davis, FNP, has spent countless hours within the last few years to advocate for the health of underserved students in rural New York. Davis, who earned his Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from FNU in 2019 in the family nurse practitioner program, spearheaded the idea and led a committed and diverse team of individuals that established the newly-constructed Webutuck School-Based Health Center in Amenia, New York. In partnership with the Webutuck School District, the health center will be operated by Open Door Family Medical Centers of Ossining, NY. The Webutuck Central Schools District is located in the rural farming community of Northeast, Dutchess County, near the borders of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Alumni Spotlight: Cody Pittman hopes to reach more rural and underserved populations with mental telehealth practice
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) alumni Cody Pittman, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, has worked full-time in correctional healthcare with the Kentucky Department of Corrections in LaGrange, Ky., for the past eight years. He also recently opened his own practice named Healing Neurons Psychiatry, which provides mental health services to patients via telehealth. Cody became a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) in November 2020 after earning his MSN from FNU. Pittman is currently completing FNU’s DNP program.
Alumni Spotlight: Ingrid Andersson, CNM, brings compassionate care to her community while advocating for reproductive justice
For Madison, Wisconsin-based Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) and Frontier Nursing University alumni Ingrid Andersson, the fundamental rights of pregnant people has always been at the forefront. Andersson believes that reproductive justice should be actively defended and that these rights, as defined by Loretta Ross of the Sister Song Reproductive Justice Collective, include the right to have children, the right to not have children and the right to parent children in safe and healthy environments.
Featured Preceptor: Shannon Conley, FNP, Providing Compassionate Care for Underserved, Rural Patients
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) is proud to showcase Shannon Conley as the Fall Term Featured Preceptor. Conley was nominated by FNU graduate Channa Arnett, FNP, for her dedication to patients in Eastern Kentucky. Conley, a graduate of FNU, serves as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) for Big Sandy Health Care in Eastern Kentucky, a role she has taken on for the past 10 years. Working with a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Conley interacts with many underserved adult patients, most of whom are dealing with chronic conditions and have obstacles when it comes to accessing treatment.
Frontier Nursing University Announces Annual Award Winners
Frontier Nursing University recently announced its annual award recipients. These awards are presented to FNU alumni and others who have made significant contributions to their communities or to the university.
Alumni Spotlight: Kimberly Jones-Beatty Seeks Data-Driven Solutions to Maternal Mortality Crisis
It’s one thing to identify a problem. It’s quite another to find a solution. Yet that is what FNU Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Alumni Kimberly Jones-Beatty, CNM, DNP, Class 37, is striving to do.
The problem has become increasingly well known, as the alarming numbers depicting the maternal mortality crisis in the United States persist. In 2018, there were 17 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the U.S. — a ratio more than double that of most other high-income countries, and the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed countries.^ The data is even more concerning for Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) women…
FNU Debuts the “Frontier Nursing University All-Access Podcast”
Episode 1: Get to know FNU and President Dr. Susan Stone. Welcome to the Frontier Nursing University All-Access Podcast!
Alumni Spotlight: Julie Percefull Makes an Impact on Rural Kentucky Pediatrics
“I went back to school to reach the underserved population of rural south-central Kentucky that desperately needs compassionate and superior health care. The area has a large volume of health […]
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