FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY INC

FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY (FNU) HAS BEEN PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION TO NURSES SEEKING ADVANCED DEGREES SINCE 1939. FNU OFFERS A HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION THAT PREPARES NURSES TO BECOME COMPETENT, ENTREPRENEURIAL, ETHICAL AND COMPASSIONATE NURSE-MIDWIVES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS WHO WILL PROVIDE PRIMARY CARE FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES RESIDING IN ALL AREAS, WITH A FOCUS ON RURAL AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. FNU FULFILLS OUR MISSION BY OPERATING ACCREDITED DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, WHICH ALLOW NURSES FROM ACROSS THE NATION TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION DREAMS WITHOUT LEAVING THEIR WORK OR HOME. THE PRIMARY TENET IS HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE EDUCATED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WILL REMAIN TO SERVE THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES.(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)FNU CURRENTLY OFFERS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: - A POST-MASTERS DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE (DNP) DEGREE FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND NURSE-MIDWIVES. - A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (MSN) + COMPANION DNP PROGRAM WITH FOUR TRACKS AS OPTIONS: NURSE-MIDWIFE, FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER, WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER, AND PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER.SINCE ACHIEVING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION IN 2004, TOTAL ENROLLMENT HAS GROWN FROM 200 STUDENTS TO MORE THAN 2,400 STUDENTS. FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO BE THE LEADING SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES FOR NURSE- MIDWIFERY EDUCATION, GRADUATING OVER ONE-THIRD OF NEW NURSE-MIDWIVES ANNUALLY. OUR OTHER PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO GROW AND WE HAVE A CADRE OF OVER 8,000 ALUMNI WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AS PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS DAILY IN THE LIVES OF COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. FNU GRADUATES ARE PROVIDING PRIMARY HEALTHCARE TO RURAL AND UNDERSERVED FAMILIES IN EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS SEVERAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE QUALITY AND ACADEMIC RIGOR OF A FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ARE EVIDENT IN THE CERTIFICATION PASS RATES OF OUR GRADUATES. CERTIFICATION RESULTS FROM 2021 REVEALED THAT PASS RATES OF THE GRADUATES OF THE FRONTIER FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM, NURSE-MIDWIFERY PROGRAM, WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM, AND PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM ALL EXCEEDED NATIONAL AVERAGES. IN ADDITION TO FNU'S FOCUS ON RURAL AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, THE UNIVERSITY HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN NURSE-MIDWIFERY AND NURSE PRACTITIONER EDUCATION. THE GOAL IS TO DIVERSIFY THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES. IN 10 YEARS, FNU'S STUDENT OF COLOR POPULATION HAS INCREASED FROM 9% TO 27.8%.FNU HAS ALSO HELD ANNUAL THREE-DAY DIVERSITY IMPACT STUDENT CONFERENCES SINCE THE PRIDE INITIATIVE BEGAN. THE PURPOSE OF THE DIVERSITY IMPACT CONFERENCE IS TO ENSURE THAT NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND NURSE-MIDWIVES UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY DIVERSITY IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. MOREOVER, DIVERSITY IMPACT ADVANCES SOLUTIONS TO THE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES. TO FURTHER DEMONSTRATE ITS ONGOING COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, FNU CREATED THE POSITION OF CHIEF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER (CDIO) IN 2017. THIS POSITION IS A MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET AND IS LEADING NOT ONLY EFFORTS TO RECRUIT A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT THE INSTITUTION MAKES PROGRESS TOWARD THE GOAL OF BECOMING AN ANTI-RACIST UNIVERSITY INCLUDING CLIMATE SURVEYS, EDUCATION, AND POLICY INITIATIVES.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT: FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY TAKES A MULTI-LAYERED, COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO ACADEMIC ADVISING. IN ADDITION TO THE FACULTY WHO ARE WITH STUDENTS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN THE COURSEWORK, FNU ASSIGNS EACH STUDENT AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR AND A REGIONAL CLINICAL FACULTY MEMBER (RCF) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND DIRECTION FROM THE POINT OF ADMISSION UNTIL THE STUDENT FINISHES THEIR DEGREE.FRONTIER HAS A WIDE NETWORK OF STUDENT SUPPORT, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, WHICH COORDINATES TO ENSURE STUDENT SUCCESS. WHETHER STUDENTS ARE STILL IRONING OUT THEIR PROFESSIONAL GOALS, NEED ASSISTANCE LOCATING A PRECEPTOR FOR CLINICALS, OR WANT TO TALK TO(CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)SOMEONE ABOUT ADAPTING THEIR COURSE SCHEDULE, AN FNU FACULTY OR STAFF MEMBER IS NEVER FAR AWAY!