Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP)

The Master of Science in Nursing with a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) clinical specialty prepares advanced practice nurses who will promote the health and development of neonates as individuals and as a population encountering changing health care systems within urban, rural and global environments. The curriculum combines both broad foundational knowledge essential for the care of neonates as a vulnerable population, as well as specialty knowledge in high-risk neonatal care. The NNP preparation focuses on health promotion, prevention of disease and disability, evidence-based clinical management of disease processes, and family-integrated care. Upon program completion, students are eligible to take the NNP certification examination through the National Certification Corporation (NCC).

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Curriculum

Course requirements: 47 credits
Master's core courses: 12 credits

Course Title Credits
NUR 6510 Health Economics, Policy, and Professional Issues for APNs 3
NUR 7000 Statistics in Nursing 3
NUR 8625 Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Theoretical & Methodological Issues 3
NUR 7105 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing 3
Cognates: 7 credits
NUR 7444 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Across Lifespan 4
NUR 7200 Neonatal Pharmacology for the APN 3
Clinical course sequence: 28 credits
NUR 7030 Advanced Nursing Assessment 4
*NUR 7950 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Didactic: Pathophysiology, Clinical Care and Management I 4
NUR 7955 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Didactic: Pathophysiology, Clinical Care and Management I 4
NUR 7960 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Didactic: Pathophysiology, Clinical Care and Management II 3
NUR 7965 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Didactic: Pathophysiology, Clinical Care and Management II 5
NUR 7970 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Didactic: Pathophysiology, Clinical Care and Management III 2
NUR 7975 Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Didactic: Pathophysiology, Clinical Care and Management III 6

*The equivalent of two full-time years of RN experience in a level III or IV NICU is required prior to the start of the clinical course sequence.

Plans of work

Full-time NNP

  Fall Winter Spring/Summer
Year 1 7000 (3) 7105 (3) 8625 (3)
  7444 (4) 7200 (3) 7030 (4)
Year 2 7950 (4) 7960 (3) 7970 (2)
  7955 (4) 7965 (5) 7975 (6)
    6510 (3)  

Part-time NNP

  Fall Winter Spring/Summer
Year 1 7000 (3) 7105 (3) 8625 (3)
    6510 (3)  
Year 2 7444 (4) 7200 (3) 7030 (4)
Year 3 7950 (4) 7960 (3) 7970 (2)
  7955 (4) 7965 (5) 7975 (6)

 

Graduate Specialty Coordinator

Leanne Nantais-Smith, PhD, RN, NNP-BC, FAANP
252 Cohn
313-577-5934
ar2446@wayne.edu