When your business offers something no one else does, it’s either because you’re ahead of the curve or there’s a reason no one else is doing it. For Drs. Caitlin Hainley and Emily Zambrano-Andrews, both might very well be true. Fellow Frontier Nursing University (FNU) alumni Hainley, DNP, ARNP-CNM, IBCLC, and Zambrano-Andrews, DNP, ARNP-CNM opened the Des Moines Midwife Collective on September 1, 2021. Their clinic is the first in central Iowa and only the second in the entire state to accept … [Read more...]
FNU Students Earn Honor Society Scholarships
Each fall, Frontier Nursing University’s (FNU) Chi Pi Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) awards several students with financial scholarships. To qualify for STTI membership, students must have completed at least a quarter of their degree program, hold a 3.5 or higher grade point average and demonstrate academic excellence. This year, three nurse practitioner students received the scholarship, including Jazmin Townes, Joanna Wilder, and Sarah Logan. … [Read more...]
FNU All-Access Podcast Episode 6: What’s So Special About Birth Centers?
Episode 6 of the Frontier Nursing University (FNU) All-Access Podcast features an in-depth look at birth centers and their place in the healthcare system. Frontier faculty Drs. Jill Alliman, DNP, CNM, and Diana Jolles, Ph.D., CNM, are joined by Kate Bauer, MBA, from the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) in a discussion about a research project in which they were all involved. They share the findings of the project and what the data reveals about birth centers, including overall health … [Read more...]
FNU nurse-midwife faculty and alumni present sessions focused on antiracism, quality improvement and substance use disorders
Frontier Nursing University (FNU), a leader in distance education for nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners, hosted a virtual event this fall celebrating nurse-midwives as part of National Midwifery Week. FNU's Empower 2021: Creating a Culture of Caring event marked the seventh year for this program filled with impactful sessions hosted by many FNU nurse-midwifery faculty members and alumni. FNU’s virtual event offered five sessions focused on the latest nurse-midwifery practices and topics … [Read more...]
Alumni Spotlight: Kimberly Jones-Beatty Seeks Data-Driven Solutions to Maternal Mortality Crisis
At the heart of Frontier Nursing University is a talented and diverse community of students, alumni, faculty, staff, Couriers and preceptors. Spotlight blogs feature members of our FNU community who are focused on the mission of educating nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners to deliver quality healthcare to underserved and rural populations. It’s one thing to identify a problem. It’s quite another to find a solution. Yet that is what FNU Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Alumni Kimberly … [Read more...]
FNU Reflects on Rural Healthcare Efforts in Celebration of National Rural Health Day
On Thursday, November 18, Frontier Nursing University (FNU) will join healthcare providers and organizations across the country to celebrate the “Power of Rural” on National Rural Health Day (NRHD). Organized by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, NRHD is an opportunity to bring awareness to the unique challenges that rural communities face and the efforts of rural healthcare providers to create positive change in these regions. Founded in the Appalachian area of … [Read more...]
Frontier Nursing University Named Gold “COVID Stops Here” Workplace
Frontier Nursing University (FNU) in Versailles, Kentucky, has been recognized as a Gold COVID Stops Here workplace for achieving over a 90% vaccination rate. The COVID Stops Here campaign recognizes Kentucky workplaces that have achieved widespread vaccination against COVID-19. Organizations that have achieved at least a 70% vaccination rate are eligible to receive a designation. “I am very pleased to report that currently 92% of our 88 Kentucky-based employees have been vaccinated … [Read more...]
PBS Documentary Explores the Founding of Frontier Nursing Service
A PBS documentary exploring the founding of Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) will premiere Monday, Oct. 11, at 9 p.m. EST on Kentucky Educational Television (KET) and Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. EST on KET2. Angels on Horseback: Midwives in the Mountains, is narrated by Ashley Judd and will detail the legacy midwives from FNS created in rural Kentucky, providing exceptional care for women and children. Since the foundation of the hospital in 1927, hundreds of thousands of children have been … [Read more...]
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