How To Become A Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
At Frontier Nursing University, we're proud to be innovators in the graduate nursing education space enabling nurses everywhere to realize their dream and achieve a rewarding career. But the field of nursing offers many unique specialties, and for students interested in using their careers to promote mental health and wellness, becoming a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner offers an … [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 … [Read More...]
Why the DNP? Four Reasons to Consider the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) is a top-tier nursing institution dedicated to providing an outstanding education. Ten years ago, FNU raised the bar by offering an advanced degree: the Post Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Joan Slager, CNM, DNP, CPC, FACNM, Interim Dean and Program Director of Post Master’s DNP at FNU answers common questions potential students ask about the … [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, … [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 … [Read More...]
