This session is presented by FNU Faculty Members Dr. Katheryn Arterberry, Dr. Diane John and Dr. Lisa Chappell

This session focuses on the negative impact of implicit bias on optimizing health outcomes. Advanced practice nurses will begin to identify a process for changing attitudes and behaviors which contribute to health disparities. Participants can expect to engage in a reflective and introspective approach while developing a plan to minimize personal biases.

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This session is presented by FNU Nurse Practitioner Faculty Members Dr. Jess Calohan, Martha Harvey, Dr. Rachel Mack and Dr. Vicky Stone-Gale

This session includes a panel of Frontier Nursing University nurse practitioner faculty members. Panel members discuss a brief history of telehealth use in their respective specialties including family nursing, psychiatric-mental health, nurse-midwifery and women’s health. They also share current telehealth trends along with their professional experiences using telehealth as a patient care delivery model.

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This session is presented by FNU faculty member Dr. Billinda Tebbenhoff

Approximately 4.4 million children and adolescents in the United States (CDC, 2020) meet diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disorder and many more remain undiagnosed. Though anxiety and stress are an expected part of the human experience, consistently elevated anxiety can interfere with a child’s sense of self and impact the entire family.

The implications of the current pandemic related to child and adolescent anxiety are beginning to emerge and depend on the child’s stage of development and pre-pandemic functioning. Predictive trends and guidance regarding helping children, families and communities during the pandemic will be discussed.

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This session is presented by Dr. Paula Alexander-Delpech and FNU Chair for the Department of Family Nursing Dr. Lisa Chappell

This session is for current nurse practitioner students or anyone who is interested in becoming a nurse practitioner. Join Frontier Nursing University faculty and students to learn about the distance education journey. Get the inside scoop from a panel composed of current students from three specialty tracks including family nurse practitioner, psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and women’s health care nurse practitioner. These students will discuss their experiences as graduate level nursing students in an online program.

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