Real Talk: Community Health Care in Action

Dr. Kevin Scalf is the Department Chair of the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Department at Frontier Nursing University. Born and raised in rural southeastern Kentucky, Dr. Kevin Scalf graduated from Eastern Kentucky University as a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) in 2011. In 2020, he graduated from FNU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program. Dr. Scalf joined FNU in 2018 and has held several faculty positions.

Dr. Scalf continues to work clinically as a PMHNP, helping to provide care to individuals who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis.  Dr. Scalf has worked in both outpatient and inpatient environments and provides care to individuals across the lifespan.