The Courier Program at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) recently co-hosted the 2018 Healthy Futures Fair for Leslie County, Ky. community members to meet health providers from the area, learn about their services and discover what it is like to have a career in the health care industry. The fair, co-hosted with Mountain View Elementary School in Leslie County, was held on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 from 12-2 p.m. at the elementary school. Leading up to the event, Mountain View Elementary … [Read more...]
Student Spotlight: Angelo John “Ajay” Jamora, RNC-MNN, CLC
From serving in the U.S. Army to being a nursing student, Angelo John “Ajay” Jamora, RNC-MNN, CLC is pursuing big dreams to serve his community. Ajay, a student at Frontier Nursing University (FNU) already has a long history of providing care for those in the service. He first served at Fort Gordon, Ga. as head nurse of the OB/GYN clinic and assistant head nurse for Family and Community Medicine. His career then took him to Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was the interim head nurse of AP/GYN and … [Read more...]
FNU Attends the 2018 ACNM Conference
A record number of attendees was tallied at The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) 63rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Savannah, Ga. from May 20-24, 2018. Over 2100 were in attendance - among them, several Frontier Nursing University (FNU) representatives. Faculty, staff, alumni, students, preceptors and friends of FNU attended the four-day conference, as well as FNU PRIDE ambassadors and student mentees that helped out at the FNU exhibition booth. The booth was open for … [Read more...]
Staff Spotlight: Andrew Dezarn
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 Hosts “Call the Midwife” Screening Event for Season 7 Premiere
For the sixth consecutive year, Frontier Nursing University hosted free a reception and screening event of the hit PBS show, “Call the Midwife,” Season 7 on March 22, 2018. The PBS drama “Call the Midwife” follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who visit the expectant mothers of the deprived Poplar district of London's desperately poor East End, providing the poorest women with the best possible care. Season 7 premiered on PBS on March 15, 2018. Frontier Nursing … [Read more...]
VIDM Features FNU President as Keynote Speaker
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) has been educating students in the field of nurse-midwifery for nearly 80 years. FNU president and certified nurse-midwife Susan Stone will have the opportunity to share FNU’s vision and present on the topic of nurse-midwifery this May as a keynote speaker for the 2018 Virtual International Day of the Midwife. In its tenth year, the Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM) is an annual online conference which celebrates the International Day of the … [Read more...]
Bring Mary C. Breckinridge to Your Community or Classroom
Frontier Nursing University’s story started back in 1925 with one woman: Mary Carson Breckinridge. Now, the Kentucky Chautauqua, a touring series of solo performances, has brought her to life for this generation to see her legacy - and you have the opportunity to see it for yourself. Mrs. Breckinridge was the first American trained nurse-midwife in the 1920s. Living in the the mountains of eastern Kentucky, she recognized a need for better healthcare systems and made it her mission to improve … [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...]
