Frontier Nursing University (FNU) alumna and faculty member Mary Ellen Biggerstaff, MSN, DNP, has a heart for serving her community struggling with opioid addiction. Mary Ellen takes on many roles: she is an FNU regional clinical faculty member for Washington, Alaska and Hawaii; she is an Evidence-Based Practice course faculty member; and she practices in a family clinic where she has served for the past ten years. Mary Ellen’s community of Olympia, Wa. was formed as a hub for the logging … [Read more...]
Faculty Spotlight: Erin Tenney
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) faculty member Erin Tenney (DNP, WHCNP, CNM) is passionate about working with rural and Indigenous underserved populations in her northern Wisconsin community. Erin began working at FNU in 2016 and served in both didactic and clinical faculty roles. Soon after, she made the transition to full-time regional clinical faculty for the Upper Midwest for the Nurse-Midwifery and Women’s Health programs. In her rural northern Wisconsin community, Erin works in a … [Read more...]
Faculty Spotlight: Joanne Keefe, DNP, MPH, FNP-C
Alumna and faculty member, Joanne Keefe, DNP, MPH, FNP-C found where she belonged in nursing at Frontier Nursing University (FNU). Joanne is a course coordinator for Epidemiology/Biostatistics at FNU, where she thrives in the teaching environment. As an educator, Joanne answers the call by creating an uplifting nursing community, something her individual work in the field initially lacked. According to Joanne, before coming to FNU, she worked in nursing for 10 years but felt she wasn't … [Read more...]
FNU Announces 2017 Faculty Innovation Award Winners
Thanks to generous support from Dr. Alan Howard and family and the Denver Foundation, Frontier hosts the annual Faculty Innovation Awards to spotlight innovation in advanced practice nursing and midwifery education. The purpose of the Faculty Innovation Award is to recognize faculty members who promote critical thinking and application of knowledge in innovative online learning experiences. Each application is evaluated with respect to: Innovative use of evolving technology. … [Read more...]
Faculty Spotlight: Kim Baraona DNP, CNM
Dedicated to actively pursuing her goal of mentoring students in their journey to becoming advance practice nurses, Frontier Nursing University (FNU) Course Coordinator Kim Baraona, DNP, CNM, works closely with nurse-midwifery students. Kim instructs one of their final didactic courses, helping them understand antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and newborn complications and how to collaborate with other healthcare professionals. Kim began working at FNU over three years ago, bringing with … [Read more...]
Faculty Spotlight: Alyn McGee, MSN, ARNP, CNM
For the last 4 1/2 years, Frontier Nursing University (FNU) faculty member Alyn McGee, MSN, ARNP, and CNM, has been fulfilling the mission of Frontier all the way from St. Lucie, Fla. McGee, a 2005 alumna of FNU’s MSN program, develops the next generation of nurse-midwives and women’s health care nurse practitioners as a regional clinical faculty member while serving as a CNM at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Group. Based in St. Lucie, with offices around Southeast Florida, the Maternal Fetal … [Read more...]
