Pediatric Nursing

PEDIATRIC NEONATAL NURSING

A pediatric nurse practitioner is an experienced nurse who specializes in treating children of all ages, from newborns to young adults. When a PNP chooses to work in primary care (PNP-PC), they can take a patient-centered approach to leading young children and their families through the everyday coughs and colds of childhood. A PNP-AC can treat critical, chronic and acute illnesses in an intensive care setting by taking a treatment-oriented approach. A neonatal nurse practitioner is an experienced nurse who is trained in the treatment of children from newborn to two years of age. Although they frequently operate in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), they are able to provide both primary care and emergency care to treat premature and sick babies and return them to the arms of their parents. PNNs work with a smaller number of cases than others and should therefore be specialists in neonatal diseases.