Education
We prepare graduates to be expert clinicians, conduct quality research, and demonstrate effective leadership that emanates from a spirit of inquiry and a commitment to life-long learning. Explore more Family Health Care Nursing Resources.
Specialty Areas
The ACPNP program trains students to work in hospital-based pediatric acute care areas, PICU, Pediatric Cardiac ICU, Pediatric Emergency Department, and program-based specialties that manage acutely ill patients from the outpatient setting through inpatient, to discharge. Clinical Experience is required for admission, not open to MEPN applicants.
The Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse meets the specialized needs of acutely ill and recuperating neonates/infants and their families in a variety of settings including hospital-based neonatal intensive care, convalescent care, and neonatal follow-up. Students enrolling in the neonatal specialty can choose to become either a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). Clinical Experience is required for admission, not open to MEPN applicants.
The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) program prepares students to become leaders in the care of infants, children and adolescents. PNP graduates deliver advanced practice clinical care to children across the health and illness continuum and across practice settings in the community-including primary care clinics, urgent care, school-based health centers (SBHC), home health and specialty pediatric clinics. Our graduates also have expertise to work with diverse, vulnerable, underserved populations including the care of children with chronic health conditions and children with special health care needs.
Research
Department of Family Health Care Nursing
Faculty research focuses on health and optimal development of children, women and families across the lifespan; and developing and testing interventions to optimize health and quality of life. Basic clinical and translational studies are conducted to develop knowledge about reciprocal relationships between family processes and health in acute and chronic illness. We have an emphasis on partnership with communities and research participants from diverse backgrounds where health disparities exist.
Research programs focus on:
Children with complex chronic conditions as they age and transition through the healthcare system
Environmental effects on infant health and development
Psychobiological responses to childhood adversity
Symptom experience across the lifespan (pain, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, etc.) and self-management interventions enhanced by technology
Culturally-adapted family interventions for obesity and diabetes
System-level interventions to improve quality of care, patient safety, and patient and family engagement in care across a variety of health care environments.
Practice
We promote clinical excellence, innovation, and scholarship in support of the education of students, with a particular emphasis on learning to provide care to diverse and underserved populations.
OUR FACULTY PRACTICES:
Mission Neighborhood Health Center (MNHC)
The Young Women's Program (YWP)
OUR CLINICAL FACULTY:
Pilar Bernal de Pheils, RN, MS, FNP, CNM, FAAN
Annette Carley, RN, MS, NNP, PNP
Karen Duderstadt, RN, PhD, PNP
Victoria Keeton, RN, MS, PNP, CNS
Mary Lynch, RN, MS, MPH, PNP, FAAN
Jerusalem Makonnen, RN, MSN, FNP
Ellen Scarr, RN, MS, FNP, WHNP
Naomi Schapiro, RN, PhD(c), PNP
Jenna Shaw-Battista, RN, PhD, CNM, NP
Service
To reinforce our mission to provide public service, FHCN has several community service projects underway: