Dennette Fend
Infant Mental Health Dual-Title Student
Dennette Fend
Biography
Dennette is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner working on a PhD in nursing with dual-title in Infant Mental Health. Her research focus is breastfeeding, specifically how skin-to-skin care can help with latching difficulties in older babies. She runs an outpatient breastfeeding clinic at Corewell Health-Troy Beaumont campus. she also has a graduate teaching certificate in nursing education.
Education
MSN, WHNP, Wayne State University 2005
BSN, Oakland University 1995
Honors and Awards
Dean's Nursing Scholarship (2023)
MPSI, Weatherston Scholarship in Infant Mental Health (2022)
Dorothy E. Reilly Memorial Scholarship (2022)