Brooke A. Flinders is an American

nurse midwife A nurse midwife is both a nurse (usually a registered nurse) and a midwife, having completed nursing and midwifery education leading to practice as a nurse midwife and sometimes credentialed in the specialty. Nurse midwives provide care of women ...

and academic administrator who is the incoming president of

Frontier Nursing University Frontier Nursing University is a private graduate school of nursing in Versailles, Kentucky. It was established by the Frontier Nursing Service in 1939 as the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. History Frontier Nursing University ...

Life

Flinders earned an A.S. (1994) and B.S. (2003) in nursing from

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public university, public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the second-oldest List of colleges and universities in Ohio, university in Ohi ...

. She completed a M.S. in nursing and a doctor of nursing practice from

. Flinders is a

certified nurse-midwife In the United States, a Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) is a nurse midwife who exceeds the International Confederation of Midwives' essential competencies for a midwife and is also an advanced practice registered nurse, having completed register ...

. She became a fellow of the

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in 2021. She was a professor of nursing and an associate provost for faculty affairs at Miami University. On August 1, 2024, Flinders starts her role as the president of Frontier Nursing University.

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