Frontier Nursing University (FNU) has announced that Dr. Susan Piper, DNP, APRN, PMHNP- BC, has accepted the position of Clinical Director for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Program. Dr. Piper has been a faculty member at FNU since 2018.
“We are very happy to announce Dr. Piper as our Clinical Director for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program,” said FNU Dean of Nursing Dr. Joan Slager, CNM, DNP, FACNM, FAAN. “Her expertise and leadership will be a tremendous asset to this rapidly growing and essential program.”
PMHNP program Department Chair Dr. Kevin Scalf, DNP, PMNHP-BC, CNEcl, welcomes Dr. Piper back into the role she previously held before the COVID pandemic when personal demands largely related to her service in the National Guard caused her to step away. Dr. Piper has also served as Regional Clinical Faculty and as a Clinical Bound Team Leader at Frontier.
“Dr. Piper has performed at the highest levels throughout her career at Frontier,” said FNU President Dr. Susan Stone, CNM, DNSc, FAAN, FACNM. “Her knowledge and experience are of great value to our students, who graduate well-prepared to help address the vast need for psychiatric-mental healthcare throughout our country.”
Dr. Piper received a Master of Science in Nursing from Western Kentucky University in 2010, emphasizing nursing education. In 2016, she received a post-master’s certificate focused on psychiatric-mental health. She was awarded a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Murray State University in 2018. Dr. Piper served 32 years in the Kentucky National Guard and was the Chief Nurse for the Kentucky National Guard’s Mobile Vaccination Team during the COVID pandemic.
“I am honored to accept the position of Clinical Director for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at Frontier Nursing University,” Dr. Piper said. “Our students are so talented and so eager to learn. Working with them, Dr. Scalf, and everyone at Frontier is a joy. We are devoted to preparing our students to be caring, compassionate, and highly-trained psychiatric-mental healthcare nurse practitioners who positively impact their communities.”
