Lannette Fetzer is a leading health care professional in Central Pennsylvania with diverse expertise in health care quality, chronic disease management, Intensive Care/Emergency/Pediatric Nursing, Patient Advocacy, Healthy Lifestyle Coaching, Community Health Outreach, Integrative/Functional Medicine, Health & Wellness Programs, Injury Prevention Programs, and Parent/Caregiver Coaching.
Lannette serves as the PORH’s Quality Improvement Coordinator where she provides technical assistance and support to state’s critical access and other small rural hospitals on national quality improvement metrics and on population health. Since joining PORH in 2016, Pennsylvania’s ranking in the annual national recognition of the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program has increased from fifth in 2017 to third in 2018 and is was first in the nation in 2019. Lannette received the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project Spirit Award in 2019 from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Lannette is pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Frontier Nursing University. In 2023, she received the Preventive Measures Legacy Scholarship Award from the Preventive Measures Foundation which recognized the academic aptitude exhibited in her essay, “Impact on Humanity.”
Lannette graduated from Clarion and Edinboro Universities with a master’s degree in Family Nurse Practitioner and is a certified family nurse practitioner. She also has an M.S. in Health and Human Services Administration, a BSN, an Associate Degree in Nursing, and a Diploma in Cardiovascular Technology, all from Mount Aloysius College. She is also a Certified Independent Registered Nurse Patient Advocate (iRNPA), Certified Registered Health Coach (CHC), Certified Pediatric and Advanced Life Support Instructor, and AgriSafe Nurse Scholar. She was a contributing author for the Visiting Nurses Association of America Policy and Procedure 2011 Manual where she authored the chapter on Pediatric Intensive Care for the nursing textbook “Clinical Case Studies in Home Health”.
In her spare time, Lannette enjoys writing for local publications and spending time with her husband and dogs.