FCN in Practice

Practice Characteristics
The Individual Master's Option in Family and Child Nursing prepares graduates for a variety of roles and settings. Depending on the student's focus during their graduate program, our graduates may be prepared to serve as clinical experts, clinical or academic educators, research nurses, or other advanced practice roles in a variety of health care settings. At the completion of the program, the graduate will have:

• understanding of family strengths and responses to typical family life and transitions brought on by development and/or illness of family members
• an evidence-based advanced nursing practice involving a specific client population within a specific health care setting
• facility to access, evaluate, and use evidenced-based research as a basis for practice
• ability to incorporate clinical, educational, research, leadership, management, and collaborative skills to an advanced practice role
• recognition and understanding of the effects of selected economic, societal, legislative, ethical, or legal influences of family health care

Certifications
Following completion of appropriate post-graduation clinical hours, graduates may be eligible for certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center or other certifying bodies.