Neonatal Nurse Practitioner MSN to DNP*
Overview
The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) is prepared to manage the health care of high-risk infants within families and children up to 2 years of age. This expanded clinician role is performed in collaboration with neonatologists and other pediatric clinicians. Graduates assume leadership roles in a variety of clinical settings including intensive care nurseries of various levels, newborn nurseries, and high-risk follow-up clinics. Course work and clinical experiences focus on the care and management of critically ill and convalescent premature and full-term infants. Graduates select and perform diagnostic and therapeutic invasive procedures on newborns in the intensive care setting and are prepared to participate in quality improvement projects.
The NNP area of concentration offers post-master's to DNP preparation to those applicants who already are master's prepared nationally certified NNPs. Students may study full time or part time. The MSN to DNP curriculum is offered onsite on the main campus in Pittsburgh or online. The online option is only available to applicants with a master's degree in the same focus. Selected core courses may be transmitted to eligible students who live a distance from campus. A sample program plan for full-time study is provided below.
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner MSN to DNP Concentration
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Full-Time Curriculum
Fall Term (YR 1)
OR
- NURSP 2075D - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH INFORMATICS
- NUR 2011 - APPLIED STATISTICS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
OR
- NUR 2011D - APPLIED STATISTICS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- NUR 3099 - THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
OR
Spring Term (YR 1)
OR
- NUR 2682D - HUMAN GENETICS AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
- NURNP 2518 - FAMILY THEORY FOR NPS: PRINCIPLES, IMPLICATIONS, AND APPLICATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
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- NURNP 2518D - FAMILY THEORY FOR NPS: PRINCIPLES, IMPLICATIONS, AND APPLICATION ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
- NURSP 2099 - FINANCIAL, BUSINESS, AND ECONOMICS DRIVERS IN HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
- NUR 3031 - METHODOLOGIES FOR DNP PROJECTS
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Summer Term (YR 1)
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- NURNP 3025D - DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS IN PRIMARY CARE
- NUR 2078 - CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
OR
Fall Term (YR 2)
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Spring Term (YR 2)
- NUR 3032 - DATA ANALYSIS FOR DNP PROJECTS
- NUR 3052 - MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
- Two components of the DNP Comprehensive Exam are required (DNP Scholarly Project and DNP Portfolio).
Total Credits: 40 minimum
*Courses with a "D" are delivered synchronously via distance education for qualified onsite students per Policy 438.
**Must take at least one credit.
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