The Winter 2023 issue of the Frontier Quarterly Bulletin celebrates preceptors and the essential role they play for our students. A special message from Dean of Nursing Dr. Joan Slager, CNM, DNP, FACNM, FAAN, explains the importance of preceptors and lists the main reasons to be a preceptor. The special preceptor section includes a story about a current Frontier student who won a national precepting award. We provide answers to common questions about precepting and take a look at survey data from past preceptors that demonstrate the ease and reward of precepting.
Student Spotlight: Emily Tubbs hopes to help others improve quality of life as an FNP
Through her role as a registered nurse, FNU student Emily Tubbs works every day to help underserved patients in her community. A resident of Hooper, Utah, Tubbs works as a referral triage nurse for a local Rheumatology clinic. Tubbs said her decision to pursue a career in healthcare was inspired by her own experiences as a patient.
Alumni Spotlight: April Clyde opens Nevada’s first freestanding birth center
Since 2002, FNU graduate April Clyde, CNM has dreamed of opening a birth center in her community of Las Vegas, Nevada. After years of gaining experience, pursuing higher education and advocating for new legislation in Nevada to accommodate midwives, her dream finally came true nearly 10 years later.
Student Spotlight: Mara-Joanne Derinor aims to improve clinical education with DNP
The schedule of a healthcare professional can be challenging to navigate. Yet, Mara-Joanne Derinor manages to work as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) while pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), authoring books and more.
Staff Spotlight: Circle of Caring recipient Sharon Tankersley
Through her role as Student Services Coordinator at Frontier Nursing University, Sharon Tankersley has demonstrated a commitment to the success of students at the university. Because of her deep commitment to students, Tankersley was a recent recipient of FNU’s Circle of Caring Award.
Student Spotlight: Advocacy is essential to nurse-midwifery for FNU student Chantel Haynes
For Frontier Nursing University (FNU) student Chantel Haynes, advocacy has always been a critical part of her journey and career in healthcare. A resident of Sedalia, Missouri, Haynes has been a staunch advocate for informed choice and autonomy among birthing people, Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC), and for acceptable working conditions among nurses and healthcare providers.
Student Spotlight: In honor of her children, Cortni McCall pursues MSN to help others
For Cortni McCall of Atwood, Tennessee, her decision to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner was inspired by the situations that she had endured personally. McCall lost her ex-husband, a military veteran who dealt with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Student Spotlight: Dr. Torica Fuller expands practice with Women’s Health Care NP Post-Graduate Certificate
Though she has a well-established career in nursing with an extensive educational background and several formal recognitions for her work, Dr. Torica Fuller, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, FNP-BC, CDP, CGRN, CPN, NRCME, of Raeford, North Carolina, is consistently looking for ways to gain more knowledge in order to better serve her patients. That’s why she is currently pursuing her Post-Graduate Certificate in Women’s Health Care from Frontier Nursing University.
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