 Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing 195 School Street PO Box 528 Hyden, KY 41749 |
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The Frontier School of Midwifery and Family NursingThe Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing (FSMFN) has been educating nurse-midwives since 1939 and nurse practitioners since 1970. Its innovative, community-based, distance education, graduate program enables registered nurses to earn their master's and/or doctoral degrees and advance in exciting health care professions while remaining in their home communities. The Frontier School offers:
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Distance EducationBack to topThe Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing is committed to providing education via distance learning allowing students to remain in their communities during their graduate education. Students are required to attend two on-campus sessions during their two-year (full-time) or three year (part-time) course of study. These sessions include a four-day initial orientation session and an eight-day advanced skill building session prior to starting the clinical experience. On-campus sessions are held on the beautiful historic campus in Hyden, Kentucky. Students complete all other coursework and their clinical experience in their home community. The Frontier School recognizes that students learn at different rates and with different styles. The MSN curriculum is designed in a modular format and can be completed in a series of 12-week terms. Students develop a timeline with their faculty advisor that works for them. The faculty provides students with guidance via computer forums, e-mail and phone. Support, explanations and information are as close as your computer and phone line. We also foster interaction with the school community through our web-based communications portal, which processes over 4000 messages daily. Many assignments are designed to encourage interaction in the community in which students live. Clinical preceptors are sought within the student's own community whenever possible, allowing students to learn in their home area. We have over 1000 preceptor sites across the United States with more added on a regular basis. Educational ProgramsBack to topThe Frontier School offers two degree programs, the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)The MSN has several clinical tracks:
All tracks offer a strong academic and clinical basis as well as a unique emphasis--providing a strong foundation in understanding the business of primary care. In the nurse practitioner tracks, this includes assessing a community to discover its primary care needs, how to develop a plan for a fiscally viable practice and working within the license and insurance regulations of your state. The nurse-midwifery track educates students not only to be nurse-midwives but to be entrepreneurs with a focus on how to develop and run a birth center, community assessment and the business issues of becoming a nurse-midwife. Women's health, across the lifespan, is a strong component of Frontier education. There are multiple entry options to the MSN:
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is conceived as the highest degree for clinical nursing practice. The Frontier School DNP program is designed as a post-master's degree program for nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives who want to improve their skills in the areas of leadership, clinical scholarship, evidence based practice and clinical evaluation. All students entering the DNP program must be registered nurses who have completed a Master of Science in Nursing and are certified as either a nurse practitioner or a nurse-midwife by a national certifying body. The DNP program will build upon and expand the competencies of the masters' prepared advanced practice nurse. The DNP program is 33 semester credits. These include eight credits (360 hours) of clinical practicum. The curriculum is delivered using distance education strategies over the course of five, 12-week terms. There are two required on-campus experiences. The first is a three-day orientation to the program called DNP bound. The second on-campus experience is at the midpoint of the program, when students will attend a three-day residency during which they will present their proposed projects to their student colleagues and faculty. During terms four and five, students spend approximately 20 hours per week in a clinical site. The DNP curriculum has been carefully constructed to incorporate the eight essential competencies delineated by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The DNP completion program is a full-time plan of study designed for students to take two courses per term. Students will be accepted into a cohort and progress through the program with their cohort group.
AccreditationBack to topFrontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing (FSMFN) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097; Tel: 404-679-4501) to award masters degrees and doctoral degrees. FSMFN is licensed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Council of Postsecondary Education (1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 320, Frankfort, KY 40601; Tel: 502-573-1555) to offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and both certificates and a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) for nurse-midwifery, family nurse practitioner, and women's health care nurse practitioner specialties. FSMFN is institutionally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME). The nurse-midwifery post-masters certificate program and master's program are fully accredited by ACME, 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910-6374, (240) 485-1800. The Master of Science in Nursing program and the post-master's certificate programs, including the nurse-midwifery, family nurse practitioner and women's health care nurse practitioner tracks are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10006, (212) 363-5555. InformationIf you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please Request Information from Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing.
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