@article{8b89fae0379c48f69115bb8416c343ef,
title = "Integration of developmentally supportive care and family-centered issues into neonatal nurse practitioner education",
abstract = "Arizona State University (ASU) undertook an innovative master of science in nursing (MSN) program designed to implement a neonatal nurse practitioner program that incorporated developmental and family-centered care as cornerstones of the educational process. The ASU program is unique in its emphasis on developmental and family-centered care as foundational knowledge for the neonatal nurse practitioner graduate. This article describes the development of the ASU program and the integration of developmental and family-centered care into the curriculum plan.",
author = "McGrath, \{Jacqueline M.\}",
note = "Funding Information: This integration is supported within the graduate competencies suggested by the National Association of Neonatal Nurse (NANN) 3 and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). 4 The ASU program actualized this integration by using the Dr Heidi Als's Synactive Theory of Development. 5–6 Thus, developmentally supportive care giving is the foundation of advanced practice neonatal nursing education. 7 For example, the curriculum includes: holistic assessment, advanced practice procedures with developmental interventions, developmental training, neurobehavioral maturation of the preterm infant, family-centered care-giving, inclusion of cultural diversity within the NICU, the special care infant within the community, and developmental follow-up of NICU graduates. Funding Information: Arizona State University (ASU) undertook an innovative master of science in nursing (MSN) program last year with funding from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service Administration Bureau of Health Professions. The ASU program was designed to implement a neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) program that incorporated developmental and family-centered care as cornerstones of the educational process. Why would such an emphasis be important to future NNPs? How did ASU achieve this goal? This article explores those questions. ",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1053/nbin.2002.31490",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "2",
pages = "35--38",
journal = "Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews",
issn = "1527-3369",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders",
number = "1",
}