Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner: Bachelor’s to DNP

• NURS 615 - Advanced Nursing Practice – Introduction to Roles and Issues
    Credits: 3
• NURS 760 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan
    Credits: 3
• NURS 626 - Research Methods for Advanced Practice Nursing
    Credits: 3
• NURS 675 - Cultural Competence in Health Care
    Credits: 3
• NURS 670 - Health Policy, Legislation, Economics and Ethics
    Credits: 3
• NURS 750 - Transformational Leadership in Nursing
    Credits: 3
• HSC 631 - Biostatistics I
    Credits: 3
• NURS 850 - Foundation for Evidence-Based Care
    Credits: 3
• NURS 860 - Health Operations and Financial Management for Nurse Managers
    Credits: 3
• NURS 855 - Research in Health Care
    Credits: 3
• NURS 835 - Ethical Issues Influencing Practice and Research in Health
    Credits: 3
• Courses offered through the University of Missouri- Kansas City
  
  • N5547 - Advanced Assessment of the Neonate Credits: 3
  • N5548 - Advanced Pathophysiology Credits: 3
  • N5548N - Physiology/Phathphysiology of the Neonates Credit: 2
  • N5549 - Neonatal Pharmacology Credits: 3
  • N5564N - Neonatal Nursing I Credits: 3
  • N5566 - Neonatal Management II Credits: 3
  • N5572-NI - Neonatal Preceptorship I Credits: 5
  • N557-NII - Neonatal Preceptorship II Credits: 6
• NURS 865 - DNP Capstone
    Credits: 6
• NURS 870 - DNP Practice Innovation Project
    Credits: 4
  

Total Credits: 70-71

NOTE:

A minimum of 600 preceptorship hours are required by the National Certification Corporation to be eligible for the NNP certification. Preceptorship hours are included in only the following courses (N5572-NI and N5572-NII).

Clinical Courses offered through the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

University of Missouri coursework subject to change – contact the SDSU Graduate Nursing Department for updated information.

There are online campus requirements – refer to the Graduate Nursing webpage for additional information.