Neonatology Nursing

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Hello,

I am looking at 2nd degree bachelor/master programs and I am interested in becoming an NP in neonatology. My question is in order for an NP to work in Neonatology due they have to be certified as an NP in neonatology or can they be certified in pediatrics? I am pretty certain this is the field I want to enter but I also don't want to limit where I am applying based on the few programs that appear to have 2nd degree bachelor/master programs with a concentration in neonatology.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

NNP is different from a Peds Nurse Practitioner.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

here are links to two professional nursing organizations for neonatal nursing. you will want to check them out for information. the awhonn has a lot of information on their website that you definitely want to look at.

http://www.nann.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1 - national association of neonatal nurses web site you might want to explore. try using the site map.

http://www.awhonn.org/ - association of women's health, obstetric and neonatal nurses web site. this page on their site http://www.awhonn.org/awhonn/?pg=0-931-6260 is information for student nurses and has a number of weblinks for you to check out including information about certification. found this page through the site map.

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