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Neonatal Nursing, Advanced Practice (APNN)
Specifics, Curriculum

APNN Career Opportunities

APNN's are employed in a variety of settings, including those hospital and community based. Graduates are prepared to assume roles in intensive care and term nurseries, neonatal resuscitation and delivery services, neonatal transport, and neonatal outreach education.

APNN Program Faculty

MARY LYNCH

• Mary Lynch, RN, MS, MPH, PNP,
  Clinical Professor, Pediatric Programs Director  ◊  (profile)
• Annette Carley, RN, MS, PNP, NNP,
  Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Coordinator  ◊  (profile)

APNN Program Requirements and Recommendations

Due to extensive clinical experience requirements, and in keeping with guidelines established by the National Certification Corporation (NCC, http://www.nccnet.org - website), two years of intensive care nursery experience is required before embarking on NNP specialty study. Fluency in both written and spoken English is required. The program is academically rigorous, and prospective students should plan to limit outside work commitments to no more than 60% full-time equivalent.

APNN Curriculum Overview

Coursework and clinical residency experiences in the APNN program provide didactic and practical knowledge development in advanced neonatal/infant health assessment, family theory, neonatal physiology and pathophysiology, neonatal/infant nutrition, neonatal pharmacology, perinatal ethics, diagnosis and therapeutic management and advanced practice professional role enactment.

A. Carley

Students begin studies with a graduate core curriculum, which parallels introductory clinical experiences in the term nursery, and neonatal follow-up. In the first quarter of study, students begin immersion in the APNN role by participating in specialty coursework.

Six hundred hours of clinical residency are required for the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) track, which escalate in intensity as students progress through the second year of study. Students participating in the Clinical Specialist track are required to participate in 420 hours of residency work, which reinforces the five domains of practice (consultation, education, research, expert practice and leadership). For those students wishing to complete requirements for both NNP and CNS, the clinical requirement is 1020 hours.

Sample Curriculum Plan

Note:  students must also choose a 2 unit socio-cultural class from the Masters Program Council approved list, see http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/soc-cul-approved.htm (website).

Links/Web Sites

• Pediatric/Neonatal Advanced Practice MS Specialty Areas
• Masters Program Specialties
• Current Students Information
• UCSF School of Nursing
• University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
• Calif. Board of Registered Nursing - Licensing
• National Certification Corporation, http://www.nccnet.org

For more information, contact info@nursing.ucsf.edu
Revised:  April 2007      © Copyright 2007 University of California Regents, All Rights Reserved.