She teaches concepts of family assessment to graduate nursing students using the Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models . She also develops and implements simulation scenarios at both graduate and undergraduate levels that include family members. Her research focuses on the experiences of non-caregiving adult children with aging parents. She is currently working on developing a scale to measure anticipatory loss for aging, but healthy parents. Connie is a new member of the IFNA Education Committee. For more information contact IFNA member, Connie Kartoz.