Both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and "U.S. News and World Report" rank the University of Washington the No. 1 neonatal nursing school. Its master's program in nursing offers two neonatal specialties: neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) and neonatal clinical nurse specialist (NCNS). The NNP program requires accepted students to be quite experienced in critical newborn care, but both programs focus on high- and low-risk infants and their families.
University of Washington
School of Nursing
PO Box 357260
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-8736
www.son.washington.edu
Ranked in the top 3 by the NIH and "U.S. News and World Report," UPenn offers a master's degree with its neonatal nurse practitioner program. Courses focus on pharmacology, research methods, assessments and high-risk neonates. Full-time study can be completed in one year, and part time in two or three years.
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096
215-898-8281
www.nursing.upenn.edu
Also ranked within the top 10 neonatal nursing schools, a general master's in pediatric nursing is offered at the University of Michigan, with specialties in infant, child and adolescent health. Physiology, pathology and health assessment are some of the focuses of course study. Practicum takes place at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
University of Michigan
School of Nursing
400 N. Ingalls St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
734-763-5985
www.nursing.umich.edu
Three different specialties are offered at Baylor University. First is a master's of nursing degree with a major of neonatal nursing. Second, after having earned a master's degree a nurse may continue studies with the Post-master's Nurse Practitioner Study option. Finally, the Advanced Placement for Certificate Nurse Practitioners directs certificate-educated nurse practitioners to a graduate nursing degree.
Baylor University -- Louise Herrington School of Nursing
3700 Worth St.
Dallas, TX 75246
214-820-4111
www.baylor.edu/nursing_grad