The Family Nurse Practitioner FNP meets the health care needs of the family by providing health assessments, direct care, and guidance, teaching, or counseling as appropriate, particularly around family self-care. The FNP typically works collaboratively with family primary care physicians and other professionals within the health care system.

In addition to conventional practice in an office, clinic, or ambulatory care center, the FNP may follow families in a variety of settings, such as school, home, work place, or hospital, dependent upon client need.

The Family Nurse Practitioner Board Certification questions are based on the following domains of practice:

Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice;
Communication, motivation, listening, interviewing and boundaries to communication.
Trust and comfort, Health promotion and recommendations, Life stages, Psychosocial, socioeconomics, cultural/spiritual influences, Patient teaching

Professional Role; Scope and standards of nursing practice and care, Safety, Ethics, Legal Issues of Care

Health Care Policy and Delivery; Regulatory and Reimbursement issues, Health care policy,

Clinical Assessment; Health assessment, Patient examination and history, Patient risk assessment,
Epidemiology, Patient Screening, Test and data analyzing

Clinical Management; Evidence Based Practice, Care Plans, Pharmacology, Clinical therapeutics, Coordination of care