Courses

• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Pathway Courses (37 credit hours)
  • N5713 – Neonatal/Pediatric Embryology/Physiology

    A didactic course designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to apply concepts of embryology, genetics, and physiology when assessing the pediatric patient in various environments and with a variety of healthcare conditions. The course stresses critical thinking and decision-making in clinical settings based on these concepts. (3 credit hours)

  • N5714 – Advanced Neonatal Physical Assessment

  In this lecture/laboratory course, students develop assessment skills related to the neonate/infant, including history-taking, physical, developmental, behavioral, cultural, and genetics assessment required to provide comprehensive advanced practice neonatal nursing care. (4 credit hours)

  • N5723 – Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology in Nursing Practice

  A didactic course focusing on the appropriate medication regimens that may be employed in neonatal and pediatric health care. The rationale for using each class of medications is examined, and the actions of the drugs contributing to their therapeutic effect are discussed. Problems inherent in multiple drug therapy are explored, and adverse reactions and potential medication interactions are described. Early toxicity and complications arising from signs of toxicity are reviewed. Specific problems inherent in drug therapy in the neonatal/pediatric population are emphasized. (3 credit hours)

  • N5724 – Advanced Development & Family-Centered Nursing Care

  This didactic/clinical course will lay the foundation for providing advanced nursing care and medical management that is developmentally supportive, family-centered, and culturally competent. The clinical practicum within the course hours will include case management, developmental assessments, developmental follow-up clinic, play-therapy, and development of culturally sensitive skills in communication with families in Level I, II, and III Neonatal units in urban and rural community hospitals, follow-up clinics, community agencies and home visits. (4 credit hours)

  • N5733 – Neonatal/Pediatric Pathophysiology and Genetics

  This course is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to apply concepts of developmental pathophysiology and genetics when assessing the pediatric patient in various environments and with a variety of healthcare conditions. The course stresses critical thinking and decision-making in clinical settings based on these concepts. (3 credit hours)

  • N5764 – Advanced Neonatal Pathophysiology and Nursing Management I

  This is the first theory course for advanced practice in the care of neonates with health alterations resulting from aberrant maternal physiologic conditions as well as complications resulting during the transition from intrauterine to extra-uterine life. Current research and theoretical foundations for promoting infant adaptation in physiological functioning, as well as behavior concepts related to family functioning and neonatal development provide the main foci for the course. Emphasis is placed on developmentally supportive, family-centered, and culturally appropriate care. (4 credit hours)

  • N5766 – Advanced Neonatal Nursing Practicum I

  This clinical practicum course provides the student with an opportunity to apply knowledge related to neonatal assessment, clinical decision-making, differential diagnosis, and management and intervention in at-risk infants with conditions seen commonly in the acute care setting of the NICU. The practicum draws from and reinforces the theoretical and research concepts in the theory courses. The supervised clinical practicum provides students with the opportunity to further develop and demonstrate mastery of advanced practice skills and clinical reasoning. (6 credit hours)

  • N5774 – Advanced Neonatal Nursing Theory II

  This lecture/seminar course is the second theory course for advanced practice in the care of neonates with acute, complex, multi-system conditions, which require extensive nursing, medical, or surgical intervention. Current research and theoretical foundations for promoting adaptation to complex alterations in physiological functioning, as well as family functioning and neonatal development in such situations, provide the foci for the course. Students will synthesize knowledge in major content areas to support a framework for advanced nursing practice that includes developmentally supportive, family-centered , culturally appropriate care. (4 credit hours)

  • N5776 – Advanced Neonatal Nursing Practicum II

  The focus of this clinical practicum course is to provide the student with an opportunity to apply knowledge related to neonatal assessment, clinical decision making, differential diagnosis, management and intervention in the acute care setting with high-risk infants and their families. This course builds on the knowledge gained in the first practicum and allows the student to gain increasing experience with managing more complex, and less routine, neonatal patients. This supervised clinical practicum provides students with the opportunity to further develop and demonstrate mastery of advanced practice psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning. (6 credit hours)

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