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Diversity in Nursing Video Series

Reflections on Rural Nursing – Mindy Luteri, LPN

Mindy Luteri, LPN, Clinical Nurse at Tyrone Regional Health Network in Tyrone, Pennsylvania (formerly of Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania) reflects on her career as a rural nurse and the path she took to realize her dream of being a nurse in her home community. These videos are part of the “Diversity in Nursing” video series coordinated by the Pennsylvania Action Coalition.

Diversity in Nursing

Working at a Rural Hospital

Becoming a Nurse

Overcoming Obstacles

Mentorship

Sandee Kyler, M.S

Rural Health Systems Manager and Deputy Director

Sandee Kyler, M.S

Rural Health Systems Manager and Deputy Director

sjw135@psu.edu

Sandee Kyler, M.S. joined the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health in 2022 and provides leadership support, advocates for rural health issues, and coordinates the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex) and Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) in Pennsylvania.

Sandee has worked at Penn State since 1994, providing leadership and management for various units at the university by identifying and securing resources to enhance program initiatives, ensuring quality of deliverables, and assessing the impact and sustainability of activities. She served as the assistant director for the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and the Center for Healthy Children at Penn State where she led decision-making, participated in strategic planning, and identified financial priorities. She was the lead dissemination and implementation scientist at the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness where she provided proactive technical assistance to communities and military personnel implementing evidence-based programs. Sandee has extensive experience in improving the impact of evidence-based programs in real world settings to promote positive youth development, translating and disseminating research to communities, providing education and training, and conducting research on support and services to military families after the sudden loss of a loved one.

Sandee is originally from rural Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and enjoys many outdoor activities including hiking, kayaking, and camping.

Lannette Fetzer, MS, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CHC

Certified AgriSafe Nurse Scholar Quality Improvement Coordinator

Lannette Fetzer, MS, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CHC

Certified AgriSafe Nurse Scholar Quality Improvement Coordinator

lmj29@psu.edu

(814) 863-8214

118 Keller Building University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Lannette Fetzer is a leading health care professional in Central Pennsylvania with expertise in areas including acute care, home health, rural health care, emergency/pediatric/intensive care nursing, patient advocacy, healthy lifestyle coaching and community health outreach.

Fetzer is a graduate of Mount Aloysius College where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Health and Human Services Administration. She is currently pursuing her Family Nurse Practitioner degree through Clarion University.

In 2009, Fetzer was one of eighteen nurses selected nationally to attend and successfully complete the National Registered Nurse Patient Advocate program. Fetzer was a contributing author for the Visiting Nurses Association of America 2011 Policy and Procedure Manual and authored the chapter on Pediatric Intensive Care for the Nursing textbook, “Clinical Case Studies in Home Health.”

She is an active volunteer for numerous organizations in Central Pennsylvania.

Lannette is joining the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health as the Quality Improvement Coordinator. Her initial responsibilities will include working with the state’s Critical Access Hospitals on quality initiatives within the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP). She also will assume responsibilities for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) Grant and be involved in rural population health initiatives in Pennsylvania.