NNP Module 1: Pulmonary System

The NNP Certification Prep Course is a concentrated study program designed to assist nursing professionals preparing for the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) Certification Exam. In addition to identifying the preferred response, a "neonatal nugget" or "perinatal pearl" of information with reference is supplied for each self-assessment and test question. This exercise should provide insight regarding areas of strength and areas to expand the participant’s knowledge base, allowing for better direction in his/her study and supplemental readings before proceeding to the national certification exam.

This activity includes a 50-question self-assessment which provides immediate and referenced feedback, a supplemental reading/reference list, and a 125-question exam.

1. Identify four disease processes associated with the respiratory system in neonates.
2. Discuss differential diagnoses for neonates presenting with respiratory distress.
3. Describe two features displayed in an x-ray of a neonate with a pulmonary disease.
4. Identify three techniques of ventilation of neonates with respiratory disease.
5. Discuss three drugs used to treat neonates with respiratory disease.
6. Describe three types of apnea of prematurity.

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (#PO258)

The MEDNAX Center for Research, Education, Quality and Safety designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 5.50 nursing contact hour(s). Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

There is no commercial support for this activity.