Biography
Kristine Twite Lehnen is a Frontier Nursing University CNEP class 133 graduate. After earning her MSN with a focus on Nurse-Midwifery, she subsequently earned her post-master's WHNP certificate in 2018. In 2019, while working a full-scope midwifery position in California's Napa Valley, she completed her DNP following a quality improvement project focused on providing patient-centered care by implementing the ACOG breastfeeding toolkit for the outpatient clinic setting.
Kristine is the current social media chair for the Minnesota Affiliate of ACNM, and was a social medial volunteer for the California Nurse-Midwives Association from 2019-2022, as they worked to remove physician supervision for CNMs through the legislative process.
Along with being a certified nurse-midwife and women's health nurse practitioner, Kristine is also an IBCLC and has a strong commitment to helping ensure women reach their breastfeeding goals. She is passionate about ensuring all pregnant people have a safe and satisfying birth experience. She is committed to facilitating patient education and empowerment, shared decision making, and reducing healthcare disparities.
Kristine’s prior teaching experiences includes teaching undergraduate nursing students as adjunct faculty at Dominican University of California from 2014-2020.
Kristine joined FNU as faculty in 2020. She has taught in NM700 Role of the Nurse Midwife and PC701 Principles of Health Promotion.
She currently works full time as Clinical Faculty. She is Regional Clinical Faculty for California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, & Michigan and provides casual nurse-midwifery care in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.