Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing - Online Nursing Degree

Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing - Online Nursing Degree

195 School Street
PO Box 528
Hyden, KY 41749

The Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
The Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing (FSMFN), distance learning online nursing program, has been educating midwives and nurse practitioners for over 65 years. Its innovative community-based graduate program enables registered nurses to earn their master's degrees and advance in exciting health care professions.

The Frontier School offers:

Clinical experience with practitioners in your own community
New classes starting 4-6 times each year
Full-time (24-month) and part-time study options
Distance education courses via a rich, web-based community of faculty and learners

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) - Distance learning Nursing degree online

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. You can complete the program of study in two years, if studying full time. Alternatively, you may choose to take up to five years to complete your MSN degree. You will develop a timeline that works for you.

The faculty provides you 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 2000 messages daily. Many assignments are designed to encourage interaction from within the community in which you 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 Tracks
The Frontier School offers several tracks:

MSN leading to:
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHCNP)
Family Nurse Practitioner + Certified Nurse-Midwifery
Certificate leading to:
Post-Master's Certificate in Nurse Midwifery (CNM)
Post-Master's Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Post-Master's Certificate in Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHCNP)

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 having a fiscally viable practice and working within the license and insurance regulations of your state. The nurse-midwifery tracks educate students not only to be nurse-midwives but to be entrepreneurs with its focus on how to develop 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.

Accreditation - Online Nursing Degre

Frontier School of Midwifery & Family Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; Tel: 404-679-4501 to award a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)).

FSMFN is licensed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Council of Postsecondary Education, Suite 320, 1024 Capital Center Drive, Frankfort, KY; Tel: 502-573-1555) to offer 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 American College of Nurse-Midwives Division of Accreditation (ACNMDOA). The nurse-midwifery certificate program and master's program are fully accredited by the ACNM/DOA 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910-6374, (240) 485-1800.

The Master of Science in Nursing program (MSN) - online nursing degree, and the post masters certificate programs, including the nurse-midwifery, family nurse practitioner, and women's health 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, www.nlnac.org.