Resources for Clinical and Professional Practice

• Competencies and Orientation Tool Kit for Neonatal Nurse Practitioners: This tool kit provides a consistent process for evaluating NNPs’ competencies as they move from novice to expert. Also included is a flash drive with 15 easy-to-use forms and tools that can be customized to fit the needs and requirements of any institution. Published in 2010.
• The Management of Hypotension in the Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infant: Guideline for Practice, developed by Lyn Vargo, PhD RN NNP-BC, and Istvan Seri, MD PhD, focuses on the challenging topic of clinical management of systemic hypotension in the very-low-birth-weight infant during the first 3 days of postnatal life. Published in 2011 and endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Team (Brochure for Parents): This customizable pamphlet is ideal for NNPs who need to educate parents on the role that the NNP will play in their child’s care. It provides an overview of the NNP’s role and value in the patient’s care. The pamphlet can be customized to include photos and biographical information about each NNP in the NICU. Published in 2011.
• Neonatal Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: A Resource Guide for the Student and Novice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner: This evidence-based tool (coauthored by Cheryl A. Carlson, PhD APRN NNP-BC, and Lee Shirland, MS APRN NNP-BC) helps student and novice NNPs order the most appropriate individualized nutrition for sick or premature infants in their care. All components of nutrition, including the starting and advancing of total parenteral nutrition, feedings, and calculations of kilocalories and fluids, are addressed and explanations provided. Published in 2011.
• Resource Guide for Neonatal Cardiac Care: This resource guide for neonatal cardiac care provides an orderly evidence-based approach that will assist you in identifying and treating neonates with heart disease. It presents causes and associations, tools for physical assessment, and material on the diagnostic evaluation necessary to establish a differential diagnosis. The tool also provides categorized classifications of congenital heart lesions; information on the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and specific laboratory findings associated with the most common lesions; and indicated management and surgical interventions for those lesions. Published in 2010. Order now.
• Resource Guide for the Use of High-Frequency Jet and Oscillatory Ventilation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: This tool will help you quickly manage ventilator settings and offers a guide for both respiratory and blood-gas abnormalities. It also provides guidelines for starting patients on high-frequency ventilation and weaning them off. This product is ideal for anyone using high-frequency ventilators, including neonatal nurses, neonatal nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, physicians, and residents. Order now.
• Understanding Clinical Research: A Practical Guide: This self-paced learning module, by Lee Shirland, MS APRN NNP-BC, and Suzanne Staebler, DNP APRN NNP-BC, is designed to familiarize you with the principles of conducting and using research. The module is divided into five sections: Foundations of Research, Research Design and Measurement, Statistical Analysis, Review of a Research Article, and Application of Learning. Nurses at all levels will find this information helpful and relevant, but it will be particularly valuable for the novice researcher. There are no prerequisites. The resource is free to NANNP members, and continuing nursing education contact hours are available for a modest fee.

Coming Soon

• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Workforce Survey: During these times of tremendous change in the healthcare environment, NNPs must be able to accurately describe the characteristics of their workloads and practice sites. With this need in mind, NANNP conducted a national survey to obtain data for the first-ever, nationwide composite of the NNP workforce. Areas of focus are descriptive analyses of the workforce and comparative analyses in such areas as acuity, patient load, shift length, and type and size of NICU.