Courses for Non-Matriculating Students

The Frontier Nursing University (FNU) offers several graduate and continuing education courses for health care professionals. These online courses offer the opportunity to develop new knowledge and skills to expand the scope of clinical practice, to refresh the knowledge and skills of experienced advanced practice nurses, to gain the graduate credits necessary for prescriptive authority, or to become a better preceptor. Courses are offered four times each year during a twelve week term. Because of the web-based format, the courses are available for students to take when they have the time to devote to them. Candidates should choose a twelve week term when they have the time to devote to the course work. Seasoned faculty, who are pioneers in distance education for nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners, developed and teach these courses taking into consideration the unique needs of adult learners.

Graduate Courses

Non-matriculating students review the course descriptions in the FNU Catalog. Not all current FNU courses are available for non-matriculating students. The Department Chairs can be contacted to request approval for the desired course(s).

Continuing Education Courses

The precepting program, Act of Hope, Labor of Love meets the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) requirements for preceptor training and is approved by the ACNM Education Department for CEUs. This is an excellent source of information about precepting health professions students. Act of Hope, Labor of Love is offered at no cost, and is available only to FNU preceptors.

Nuts and Bolts for Clinical Preceptors: Teaching Strategies and Time Management is a CD-ROM program that offers information on being an effective and efficient clinical preceptor. The program is available to all FNU preceptors free upon request to the Hyden office at (606) 672-2312. All others will be charged a fee of $100.

Building Your Practice is an interactive web-based course designed to teach the managerial skills necessary to own and operate a health care practice. This course, developed in collaboration with Partnerships for Training of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is available online.