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While not the scope of the practice, you can look at the test outlines for the national certification examinations. This will give you an idea what is expected of the NP in the particular specialty. ANCC, AANP, NCC, PCNB and AACN Certification Corporation all offer certification exams for NPs. The test outlines are all based on task analyses that survey NPs in the field for what they do based on frequency and criticality of the knowledge or skill. Some state boards use the knowledge and core competencies that are tested on the certification exams as the basis for the scope of practice.

This requirement comes from the national specialty education standards published by NANN - Education Standardsand Curriculum Guidelines for Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Programs. While the National Task Force standards that apply to all NP programs don't have practice eligibility criteria, many of the specialty standards do. Certification used to require the practice experience as well before you could take the certification exam but it is no longer a requirement. You might want to contact NANN to express your issues good or bad with these requirements. These programs are just complying with the national standards for neonatal NP programs

In accordance with Consensus Model, your education must be match your NP role. So your FNP education doesn't prepare you to function as a NNP. While FNPs can work in many areas, they can't hold them out as different type APRN role. In addition, you could never achieve national certification as a NNP, as it is required to be a graduate of NNP program. FNP education would not meet that criteria. You can go to the National Council of State Board of Nursing site www.ncsbn.org and select APRN Consensus link. They have maps that show what are the requirements for APRNs in each state.