Nurse Practitioners Leading Care Through Telehealth

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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Presenters

Jess Calohan, DNP, PMHNP-BC

Dr. Jess Calohan is an Associate Professor and Department Chair for FNU’s Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program. He is a board-certified psychiatric-mental nurse practitioner (PMHNP) that recently retired from the United States Army after 20 years of distinguished service. He earned a BSN from Eastern Washington University in 1997, a Master’s of Nursing from the University of Washington in 2005 and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Washington in 2012. He has held multiple leadership positions within the Army Medical Department, contributed to military mental health policy and re-shaped clinical practice in treating combat-related sleep disturbances in both Veteran’s Affairs and Military Health Systems. Dr. Calohan has over 18 years of experience treating service members with PTSD in both the deployed and non-deployed settings. He is a recognized expert in treating combat-related PTSD, presenting nationally and internationally with multiple peer-reviewed publications. He was awarded the prestigious “A” designator by the United States Army Surgeon General in 2013, an honor given to less than 5% of Army medical officers in recognition of his expertise and significant contributions to military medicine. He also earned multiple military awards, most notably the Bronze Star and Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He served as the Program Director for the PMHNP program at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, which trains about 90% of all Active Duty nurse practitioners for the Department of Defense. He also served as an Assistant Professor for the George Washington University School of Nursing, teaching undergraduate and graduate students. He also maintains a tele-psychiatry practice that serves rural and underserved populations.

Martha Harvey, MSN, CNM, OB/GYN NP

Martha Harvey has been a CNM for 30+ years and has worked full scope Midwifery since graduating from The University of Pennsylvania in 1990. Presently, she works one day a week in a Family Medical Center providing GYN care. She also does per diem and office calls 4-6 times a month in Western New York. Martha lives in a rural area outside of Cobleskill, NY, with her husband and two teenage daughters. Their only neighbors are two horses. This is where Martha feels most comfortable. She loves interacting with the women in the area and now sees the second generation of young women. Martha finds it humbling to go to graduations and weddings and see babies that she “caught.” She is proud to be a nurse-midwife and honored to be working with Frontier Nursing University and part of the profession’s past, present and future.

Rachel Mack, PhD, DNP, APRN, C-FNP, CNE

Dr. Rachel Mack is a certified family nurse practitioner, certified nurse educator, a Gallup certified Strengths Coach, and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Frontier Nursing University. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society and many other professional organizations. Her doctoral research was focused on prescription drug abuse, which opened many doors, including assisting in the development of the Oklahoma State Plan to decrease prescription drug abuse, and she continues to be actively involved with this committee. Dr. Mack held an academic appointment at Oklahoma City University as an Assistant Professor of Nursing for several years and taught as an Adjunct Professor at Chamberlain University and Walden University. She has traveled as a consultant for government hospitals in the Middle East with American Gulf International Consulting and has taught the Certified Professional in Infection Control course in the Middle East with the American Institute of Healthcare Quality. Dr. Mack continues to work a few days each month in a family practice setting and full-time at FNU. She earned an Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (RN) from Oklahoma City Community College, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Oklahoma City University, a Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Frontier Nursing University, a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Oklahoma City University, and, most recently, a PhD in Nursing Education from Oklahoma City University. Dr. Mack’s job and goal is to teach, motivate, and inspire faculty, as well as oversee the curriculum at the university. She must strive to be the person faculty look up to for knowledge and guidance. Her wish is to end each working day with a sense of accomplishment knowing that she made a positive impact on at least one person she encountered that day.

Vicky Stone-Gale, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP

Dr. Stone-Gale is an Associate Professor in the FNP program at Frontier Nursing University where she is Course Coordinator for Primary Care I. She has been with FNU for six years. She has also taught Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Introduction to Scholarly Writing. She received her diploma in nursing in 1984, her BSN from Barry University in 1990, her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Barry University in 1992, and then received her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2011. Dr. Stone-Gale has practiced in primary care for 28 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner and currently maintains a practice in Plantation, FL. She is double board certified in Family Practice by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is also a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Stone-Gale is very active in Florida working on APRN legislation and is currently on the Council for Autonomous APRN practice, is active with local and state APRN organizations and holds leadership positions in two of those organizations as President of the South Florida Council of Advanced Practice Nurses and First VP of Legislation for the Florida Nurse Practitioner Network. She also has served on the Florida Board of Nursing and is Chair of their North Probable Cause Panel. Her passion is educating students to be excellent providers and to enhance awareness of legislative initiatives that can affect APRN practice. She firmly believes that APRN’s need to have a voice and advocate for their profession as they work on policy issues.