faculty profile

Kendra Faucett DNP, CNM, APRN, CNE, FACNM

Director, Nurse-Midwifery Specialty
Co-director, Dual Nurse-Midwifery/Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty
Assistant Professor

Bio

After graduating from Vanderbilt University in 2000 with a BS in Comparative Religion, Dr. Faucett attended the Lexington Healing Arts Academy to become a Licensed Massage Therapist. For nine years, she was a certified labor doula, a childbirth educator (HypnoBirthing), and owned her own pregnancy massage practice. In 2007, Dr. Faucett became a registered nurse. While working as a Labor & Delivery and Postpartum nurse, she finished her MSN at Frontier Nursing University. From 2012-2019, Dr. Faucett practiced in various clinical settings, including rural and urban. She then completed a DNP at Yale School of Nursing.

In 2019, Dr. Faucett joined the faculty at Frontier Nursing University in 2019. As assistant professor and course coordinator at Frontier, Dr. Faucett taught over 1,000 midwifery students, preparing them for the AMCB board certification exam. She developed unique and memorable test-taking tips and now presents the Certification Prep Course at the American College of Nurse-Midwives annual meetings. Dr. Faucett joined the Vanderbilt School of Nursing in 2023.

Dr. Faucett enjoys political advocacy. In the early 2000s, she advocated for a CPM licensure pathway in Kentucky. In the 2010s, she worked toward removal of the collaborative agreement for non-scheduled drugs. In 2023, Dr. Faucett and her colleagues on the Kentucky Association of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives (KANPNM) advocacy team enjoyed a landmark victory when the Governor signed a bill to sunset the Collaborative Prescriptive Agreement for Controlled Substances.

Dr. Faucett is an active member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. As a student in 2011, she received the Varney Leadership Award. She served as the Kentucky Affiliate President and was on the board of the Political Action Committee (PAC) for several years. She served on the National and State Government Affairs Committees (the NGAC and SGAC). In 2022, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award and was inducted as a fellow of the ACNM. Dr. Faucett also served as the CNM representative to the APRN advisory council of the Kentucky Board of Nursing.

Education

DNP, Yale School of Nursing
MSN, Frontier Nursing University
ADN, Bluegrass Community & Technical College
BS, Vanderbilt University

Current Research/Scholarly Interests

Neurodiversity in education
Heuristics and test-taking strategies

Academic Interests

Physiologic childbirth
GYN care
Political advocacy and professionalism

Representative Publications

Journals

Faucett, K., & Kennedy, H. P. (2020). Accuracy in reporting of Kentucky certified nurse-midwives as attendants in birth registration data. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 65(5), 688-693.https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13111

Adkisson, K. M. (2018, January 12). Raise Kentucky Cigarette Tax by $1 for Healthier Babies. Lexington Herald-Leader. https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article194395669.html

Representative Presentations

Faucett, K. (2023, May 5-6). Test-Taking Tips for the AMCB certification exam. [Podium Presentation/2-day Workshop]. The American College of Nurse-Midwives 68th annual meeting, Orlando, FL.

Faucett, K. (2023, Apr 26). Contraceptive Updates. [Podium Presentation]. 35th Annual Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives Conference. Central Bank Center, Lexington, KY.

Faucett, K. (2023, Jan 19). Midwifery by the Numbers. [Presentation]. American Association of University Women. Woodford County Library, Versailles, KY.

Faucett, K. (2022, Oct 3). Midwifery by the Numbers. [Virtual Presentation]. Empower 2022 National Midwifery Week. Frontier Nursing University, Versailles, KY.

Faucett, K. (2022, Sept 29). Midwifery by the Numbers. [Presentation]. Woodford County Chamber of Commerce Health and Wellness Roundtable. Bluegrass Community Hospital. Versailles, KY.

Faucett, K. & Faucett, J. (2022, Sept 22). Time Management. [Presentation]. Frontier Nursing University, Versailles, KY.

Faucett, K. (2022, May 20-21). Test-Taking Tips for the AMCB certification exam. [Podium Presentation]. American College of Nurse-Midwives 67th annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

Faucett, K. (2022, May 20-21). Boards Boot Camp: an AMCB Certification Exam Preparation Workshop. [two-day Workshop. Podium]. American College of Nurse-Midwives annual meeting, Chicago, IL.

Faucett, K. (2021, September 23). Making Midwives! Examining data and statistics from the NM717 Comprehensive Review Course and the AMCB certification exam outcomes to guide quality improvement. FNU annual faculty meeting. Frontier Nursing University, Versailles, KY.

Biscone, E. Faucett, K. & McGahey, E. (2021, May 23). Stand up and be counted: Why ensuring birth certificate accuracy should be the priority of every midwife. [Podium Presentation]. American College of Nurse-Midwives virtual annual conference.

Faucett, K. (2020, September 29). Accuracy in Reporting of Kentucky Certified Nurse-Midwives as Attendant in Birth Registration Data. [Poster Presentation]. FNU Faculty Staff Virtual Scholarship Showcase. Frontier Nursing University, Hyden, KY.

Biscone, E. Faucett, K. & McGahey, E. (2020, August 23). Midwifery and the US Birth Certificate: Why ensuring birth certificate accuracy should be the priority of every midwife. [Podium Presentation]. Midwifery Thinks!, virtual symposium. Thomas Jefferson University.

Biscone, E. & Adkisson, K. M. (2018, May 23). Is the Midwife on the Birth Certificate? Why All Midwives Should Be Active Participants in Improving Birth Certificate Accuracy. [Conference session]. American College of Nurse-Midwives. Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA.

Reviewer

Reviewer for Midwifery & Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide

Professional Organizations

2023- Present Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH)
2022 - Present National Organization of Nurse Practitioners Faculties (NONPF)
2021 - Present National League for Nursing (NLN)
2020 - Present Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA)
2012 - Present Kentucky Association for Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives (KANPNM)
2011- Present American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
2022 - present Member American College of Nurse-Midwives, State Government Affairs Committee
2022 - 2023 President Kentucky Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives
2022-2023 Advocacy Team Kentucky Association of Nurse Practitioners and
Nurse-Midwives, Government Affairs Committee
2022-2023 Board Member Kentucky Association of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives
2020- 2023 Kentucky Board of Nursing APRN Advisory Council, Certified Nurse-Midwife representative
2011-2018 Board Member American College of Nurse-Midwives, Political Action Committee

Honors/Awards

May 26, 2023 Honoree-Advocacy-Kentucky SB 94 removing collaborative agreement
Kentucky Association of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse-Midwives
May 24, 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award - American College of Nurse-Midwives
May 22, 2022 Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives
September, 2017 Mom-Approved OB-GYN winner, Lexington Family Magazine
June 26, 2014 LEX 18 "Honor a Nurse" winner
September, 2012 Kitty Ernst Leadership Award, Frontier Nursing University
May 25, 2011 Helen Varney Leadership Scholarship, American College of Nurse-Midwives
May 9, 2009 Outstanding Nursing Program Graduate, Bluegrass Community and
Technical College
June 25, 2008 Fergus-Hanson Memorial Scholarship- Lexington Clinic Foundation
2008 BRAIN scholarship, Bluegrass Community & Technical College, ADN
program
2000 Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Vanderbilt University
1997 Phi Eta Sigma Academic Honor Society, Vanderbilt University