This is a recorded session of Frontier Nursing University Institute of Health Improvement (IHI) Open School Chapter's Story Slam event focused on addressing the opioid crisis. It was held as part of RightCare Action Week. This event features three speakers to tell their story; in addressing the opioid crisis and then it continues on to stories shared by others about how it is impacting all Frontier communities.

Calling all NP students: Join this live session to get tips about surviving and thriving during your education. FNU's Associate Dean of Family Nursing and FNU's Clinical Director will share ideas and answer your burning questions!

This session will help you figure out if becoming a nurse practitioner is the right career path for you. Listen in as as nurse practitioners from a variety of backgrounds discuss their experiences. These nurse practitioners had the same questions as you before deciding that becoming a Nurse Practitioner was their calling

Join us live for a FREE CE! Dr. Todd Carter will present a "Pharmacology Update: What's New for Women in Primary Care Practice." This continuing education session will allow you to discuss changes in current medications prescribed for women in primary care, distinguish pertinent pharmacokinetics for current medications used in the primary care of women and interpret clinical applications for current medications used in the primary care of women.

Hear stories from FNU preceptors about how they are giving back to the profession by molding our future nurse practitioners. We hope you'll be inspired to take action and get moving now to find your role in advancing nurse practitioner care.

Hear from several FNU Doctor of Nursing Practice students about their DNP projects and the impact of their project work on their local community healthcare. They will also share why the DNP is essential in their career journey as nurse practitioner.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) was developed to meet the demand for advanced practice nursing leaders in an increasingly complex health care system. Hear from FNU Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates and how their DNP degree was essential to improving the healthcare of their communities.

Take your career a step further to ensure you are prepared to not only provide primary care but also serve the mental health needs of the women and families you serve. As the healthcare system changes, expanding your role will be vital to providing the full spectrum of care needed in your community.

Hear stories from Nurse Practitioners about their journeys, why they chose this career path and what drives their passion. We hope you'll be inspired by how Nurse Practitioners touch the lives of the patients and families they serve.

Welcome to Frontier Nursing University's virtual event in celebration of National Nurse Practitioner Week and our opening session: Improving access to healthcare: Nurse practitioners answering the call. Nurse practitioners are poised to increase access to primary care. The number of NPs has increased to 234,000. This presentation will review provider data in primary care and discuss ways to improve nurse practitioner practice to increase access to healthcare.

Although ethical content is required for all levels of nursing education, it frequently gets short shrift. Social justice is the branch of ethics that addresses the justice of relations between groups, such as populations, programs, policies and organizations. Students also sometimes find ethical content too far removed from “real” nursing, not clinically focused enough, and social justice even farther removed. In this session, we will review what we know about the challenges of teaching social justice and policy in the Frontier DNP program.

This Free CE Session will be available until November 13, 2019. Advanced practice registered nurses are expert clinicians who take a comprehensive approach to healthcare, using clinical expertise to diagnose and treat health conditions in primary, acute and specialty care settings with a focus on disease prevention and health management. The APRN’s scope of practice varies by state, with autonomous practice in only 24 states. These clinicians have lobbied for a unified Consensus Model for independent practice across the United States allowing them to practice to their full educational level. A recent change in narcotic medication scheduling has created yet another barrier for APRNs.

This presentation will focus on the specific needs of LGBT population and how they might be met by the advanced practice nurse. Topics will include health disparities, health concerns for both youth and aging LGBT patients, and how healthcare providers can improve.

This session will highlight the work of nurse Maude Callen who provided care the poor, and women of color in the South from 1920-1970's. The presentation will focus on cultural competency when providing care to communities of color and vulnerable, underserved populations.

Objectives:
1. To present a review of health disparities for African American men
2. Use of case studies from male inmates to illustrate health disparities
3. A discussion of awareness and possible approaches to health disparities