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The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) provides healthcare services to rural, underserved populations since 1925, and educates nurse-midwives since 1939.. The Service maintains six rural healthcare clinics in eastern Kentucky, the Mary Breckinridge Hospital (now part of Appalachian Regional Healthcare [2]), the Mary Breckinridge Home Health Agency, the Frontier Nursing University and the Bed and ...
Wendover, also known as Frontier Nursing Service or Big House, is a historic house and former medical care facility near Hyden, Kentucky. Built in 1925, it is notable for its association with the American effort to professionalize midwifery , led by Mary Breckinridge (1881–1965).
Mary Carson Breckinridge (February 17, 1881 – May 16, 1965) was an American nurse midwife and the founder of the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS), which provided comprehensive family medical care to the mountain people of rural Kentucky. FNS served remote and impoverished areas off the road and rail system but accessible by horseback.
Frontier Nursing University was founded in 1939 as the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery. The Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery graduated its first class in 1940. In 1970, the school was renamed the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing with the opening of the nation's first family nurse practitioner education program. In 1989 ...
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Lake County, Illinois" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Prairie View is an unincorporated community located in northeastern Illinois, in southern Lake County.It is a part of Vernon Township (the Vernon Township building was previously located in Prairie View for many years).
Benton Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and includes all of the village of Winthrop Harbor, most of the village of Beach Park, and small portions of the cities of Zion and Waukegan. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,951. [2] Zion Township was formed from Benton Township on September 12, 1930.
Moraine Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 34,129. [2] Moraine Township was originally called Deerfield Township, but the name was changed on October 29, 1998.