The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) Certificate option at St. Catherine University provides an educational route for nurse practitioners who already hold a graduate degree in nursing with certification in an existing APRN population focus who seek a second area of specialization in neonatal health. You will build upon your advanced practice nursing knowledge and engage in courses that will prepare you to provide acute, chronic, critical and primary care to neonates and children through the age of two. A part-time program of study option is available.

Curriculum

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
NURS 6230	Embryology and Pathophysiology of the Neonate	2
NURS 6340	Advanced Neonatal Assessment, Diagnostics and Procedures	2
NURS 6352	Neonatal Pharmacotherapeutics	2
NURS 7030	Neonatal Management I: Common Neonatal Conditions	3
NURS 7230	Neonatal Management II: The High-Risk Infant	3
NURS 7430	Neonatal Management III: Complex Conditions of the Neonate	3
NURS 7215	Neonatal Clinical I	1
NURS 8015	Neonatal Clinical II	3
NURS 8215	Neonatal Clinical III	3
NURS 8315	Neonatal Clinical IV	2
Total Credits		24

Important Technical Standards

For successful admission and continuance in St. Catherine University’s pre-licensure nursing programs, a specific set of essential cognitive, sensory, communication, psychomotor, and behavioral/ emotional/spiritual health abilities are required to be performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

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