Name:
Mary Lou Fornehed
Name:
Mary Lou Fornehed
Title:
Assistant Professor
Department:
Whitson-Hester School of Nursing
Email Address:
Phone:
Office:
Bell 331
Mary Lou Clark Fornehed has completed her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Nursing with a concentration in nursing education from the University of ³ÉÄêÈËÉîÒ¹¸£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´, Knoxville. She completed her bachelor’s degree at ³ÉÄêÈËÉîÒ¹¸£ÀûÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ Technological University and completed her Master of Science in Nursing at Vanderbilt University. She is a registered nurse and an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) with her clinical focus being in pulmonary and critical care medicine.
Mary Lou completed her Ph.D. with a dissertation focus on rural Appalachian families making decisions for those at end of life. For the past four years she has been full-time faculty at the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing while also continuing to work as an ACNP with the pulmonary/critical care service at Cookeville Regional Medical Center.