Frontier Nursing Service

Frontier Nursing Service
LocationHospital Hill, off Hickory St., Hyden, Kentucky
Coordinates37°09′55″N 83°22′45″W / 37.16528°N 83.37917°W / 37.16528; -83.37917 (Frontier Nursing Service)
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1928
NRHP reference No.90002126[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 11, 1991

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 Breakfast Inn at Wendover, Kentucky.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Mary Breckinridge Hospital History | Appalachian Regional Healthcare". arh.org. Retrieved 2019-10-01.