Jackie Fournier

Jackie graduated from St. Mary’s School of Nursing, then continued her education at Boston College as a clinical nurse specialist in Critical Care in Adult Health with high honors. She attended the University of Southern Maine for post-graduate studies to attain her Nurse Practitioner in Adult Health. Jackie is also Board Certified in Hospice and Palliative Care. She has served patients and families in hospice and palliative care since the inception of both health care models in the state of Maine.

Her expertise developed early on from her work as a charge nurse in the emergency department. She would later transition to home health care and education. Jackie was an associate professor of nursing for the University of Maine system and she has continued to carry that role as educator. She serves as a preceptor for nurse practitioner students, medical students and Hospice and Palliative Care Fellows seeking to specialize their medical practice. Jackie was one of the five original hospice nurses when hospice services first launched in Maine. Jackie was one of the founding members of the palliative care consult team at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, ME. Since 2017, when she joined Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice, she has been part of the team that developed the Nurse Practitioner role in palliative care. Androscoggin Palliative Care now offers consult services in the hospital for acute care, in the community at patient homes and in an oncology clinic.