Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Curricula

Program Length: Fall Entry: 7 Semesters | Spring Entry: 6 Semesters
Minimum Requirements for MSN in this Major: 43 Credit Hours / 652 Clinical Hours

MSN Core - Required For All APRN Majors

Course #	Course Title	Credits
N580	Nurse as Scholar I: Science Development, Study Design & Statistics	3
N581	Nurse as Scholar II: Evidence-based Practice	3
N582	Population Health in a Global Society	3
N583	Professional Transitions: Advanced Nursing Practice	3
	Total	12

MSN Four Ps - Required For Neonatal Major

Course #	Course Title	Credits
N631	Embryology, Pathophysiology and Development of Neonates, Infants and Toddlers	3
N589R	Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan: A Conceptual Approach	1
N595	Physical Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning in APN	4 - 36 Clinical Hours
N598	Clinical Pharmacology for the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner	3
	Total	11

NNP Clinical Courses

Course #	Course Title	Credits
N635	Advanced Practice Nursing in Neonatal Patients I	3
N636	Advanced Practice Nursing in Neonatal Patients: Clinical	2 - 112 Hours
N637	Advanced Practice Nursing in Neonatal Patients II	3
N638	Advanced Practice Nursing in Neonatal Patients II: Clinical	3 - 168 Hours
N639	Primary and Complex Care of the Infant and Toddler	3
N690	Advanced Practice Nursing in Neonatal Patients Synthesis (includes Advanced Practice Skills workshop)	6 - 336 Hours
	Total	20

Nurse Practitioner Intensive (NPI) Courses - Required For All APRN Majors

Course #	Course Title	Credits
N617	Nurse Practitioner Intensive I: Collaboration, Care Management and Identity Formation	0
N617C	*Nurse Practitioner Intensive: Clinical Practicum I	0
N618	Nurse Practitioner Intensive II: Care Management, Information Management, Collaboration and Contextual Relevance	0
N618C	*Nurse Practitioner Intensive: Clinical Practicum II	0
N619	Nurse Practitioner Intensive III: Collaboration, Leadership, and Scholarship	0
N619C	*Nurse Practitioner Intensive: Clinical Practicum III	0
	Total	0

*NOTE: N617C, N618C, and N619C are only offered in the Neonatal and PNP-AC Program. Includes up to 50 clinical hours per course.

56 Clinical Hours = 1 Credit Hour
MSN Core, the "Four Ps", and NPI Courses required of all MSN Programs.

Changes approved by MSN Faculty on January 27, 2014; April 7, 2014; November 16, 2015; and January 22, 2018; February 17, 2020; February 15, 2021; April 21, 2025; August 18, 2025.