Why Are There Neonatal NPs When There's Pediatric NPs

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Please excuse this question if you view it as crazy lol. I was simply wondering why can't pediatric NP work in the NICU when neonatalogy is a sub-specialty of pediatrics? Or is it because NICU is highly specialized?

Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.
PsycGuy, NNPs are trained in the neonatal intensive care and usually are NICU nurses. Often they have been performing procedures in the unit and sometimes are transport nurses. I do not know of any nurse practitioner program that consists of 700 "observation." Clinicals are hands-on experiences, as in any other medical profession, including nursing and medical assistants.

If you are dissatisfied with your training as an NP, you have the option of returning to bedside nursing.

Of course I'm dissatisfied. That's why I invested all of my free time for a year in learning what the punctuated training provided.

If you're satisfied you didn't learn anything.

Bedside was never an option.

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Specializes in Outpatient Psychiatry.
It isn't just nursing. Why are there neonatologists and pediatricians then?

Why did so many people like this?

Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics. Med school+Peds residency+ neonatology fellowship.

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