The Family Health concentration builds on the knowledge and competencies of baccalaureate education to prepare nurses for advanced practice as family nurse practitioners in primary care settings. Graduates are qualified to sit for certification for nurse practioner by taking either exam from from American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse

Practioners (AANP). In a rapidly changing health care environment, graduates of the program will have the knowledge and skills needed to be competitive as primary care providers in a variety of health care settings. Clinical placements are arranged by faculty to meet the learning needs of the individual student. Students are assigned to experienced preceptors who work with faculty to provide a varity of excellent clinical learning opportunities in sites located in the Richmond area as well as in other locations througout Virginia. Opportunites for clinical practice experiences in rural and urban underserved communities are also available.

Faculty in familty health have active research programs related to individual family functions and include federally funded research projects. Experiences include causes and clinical practicea in child, women's, adult and family health.