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. Describe general skin development; identify the three layers of which it is comprised.
2. Identify rashes, birthmarks and lesions which present in the neonatal period.
3. Differentiate between lesions which require intervention and those which will resolve spontaneously.
4. Differentiate between physiologic and pathologic jaundice, infants at risk for each and strategies for neonatal management.
5. Identify the pathophysiology and management of infants presenting with hematological abnormalities, including anemia, polycythemia and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
6. Describe the genetic processes which may lead to the abnormalities of multifactorial inheritance, nondisjunction, translocation, deletion/duplication and sex linked inheritance.
7. Differentiate among clinical features associated with Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18, and Trisomy 21.

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 6.00 nursing contact hour(s). Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.

This educational activity is supported, in part, by an educational grant from Mead Johnson Nutrition.
While MEDNAX appreciates commercial support for CNE activities, acceptance of the support does not imply endorsement of any products or services provided by the commercial organization.