Andrew Dezarn has been “answering the call” at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) for eight years this May. Andrew is the Associate Director of Financial Aid at FNU, contributing to the mission every day by providing students with ways to fund their education and professional growth. Andrew grew up just 30 miles away from FNU’s Hyden, Ky. campus in Manchester, Ky., where he first heard about FNU. With a bachelor’s in history, he was drawn to FNU as an established, positive force in southeast … [Read more...]
FNU Students to Participate in 2018 AWHONN Convention and Leadership Summit
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) faculty, alumni, students, staff, preceptors and more than 3,000 health care professionals will gather in Tampa, Fla. at the leading convention for nurses in the obstetric, neonatal and women’s health disciplines. The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) convention is set for June 23-27, 2018 in Tampa, Fla. at the Tampa Convention Center. The 2018 AWHONN Convention aims to ignite passion and empower nurses to transform … [Read more...]
Board Member Spotlight: Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Jean Johnson’s motivation for serving on the Frontier Nursing University (FNU) Board of Directors is simple - she believes passionately in the mission of FNU. Jean, PhD, RN, FAAN is the founding dean and professor at the George Washington University School of Nursing. She has been serving on the FNU Board of Directors for three years, and her term has been renewed through 2021. Jean’s rich history working in nursing education and practice with a focus on improving healthcare to all resonates … [Read more...]
FNU Alumni Named to Duke-Johnson & Johnson Fellows Program
The Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program has selected three Frontier Nursing University (FNU) graduates as Advanced Practice Nurse Fellows for the 2018-19 program year. This one-year fellowship is a leadership development program through the Duke University School of Medicine Division of Community Health. The program provides leadership development opportunities for advanced practice nurses to be better able to meet the challenges of the evolving health care environment. … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Our 2018 Winter Term Circle of Caring Award Winners!
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) is pleased to announce Patricia Caudle as the faculty recipient and Katie Moses as the staff recipient of the 2018 Winter Term Circle of Caring Award. This award is a recognition for Frontier faculty and staff who go above and beyond everyday duties and strive to uphold FNU’s mission and Culture of Caring. Nominations for this award were submitted anonymously by faculty, staff and students. A committee then voted on each nomination based on the following … [Read more...]
Board Member Spotlight: Phyllis Leppert, CNM, MD, PhD
Dr. Phyllis Leppert, CNM, MD, PhD was inspired to join the Frontier Nursing University (FNU) team by FNU legend Kitty Ernst. Six years ago, Phyllis began her stint serving with Kitty on the Frontier Board of Directors. Kitty was Phyllis’s professor of nurse-midwifery at Columbia before the pair became colleagues while working on their Community-based Nurse-Midwifery Education Program (CNEP) in the 1990s. Finding that they shared a passion to lead improvement in reproductive health and … [Read more...]
Alumni Spotlight: Donna Bredenberg, APRN, FNP-BC
Donna Bredenberg, APRN, FNP-BC celebrates her roots as a native Appalachian and Frontier Nursing University (FNU) graduate in a role that serves an urban population of patients. Growing up just 20 minutes away from the American birthplace of midwifery and family nursing in Hyden, Ky., Donna left the Appalachian region for undergrad but returned to the area to attend Frontier for her MSN program, where she graduated in 2014. Now, Donna serves urban youth and adult patients as a pediatric oncology … [Read more...]
Courier Spotlight: Florence Booker Rawleigh
The late Florence Booker Rawleigh claimed that working for the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) as a Courier was the most interesting thing she did in her 95 years of life. Florence was asked to serve as a Courier during a flu outbreak 1942. During the epidemic, many prominent families in the area were asked to send their children to volunteer with FNS to tend to those ill from the flu in rural and underserved Appalachia. “They would call and say they need you desperately, ” said Florence. … [Read more...]
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