Advanced Practice Roles In

Maternal-Newborn Nursing

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Masters or doctorate degree
level
Act as consultant in their area of
expertise
a role model, researchers and
teachers of quality nursing care

Case Managers
Graduate level nurse
Supervises group of
patients from admission up
to discharge and monitors
into their homes as well

Nurse Practitioners
Masters or Doctoral level
Has the ability to translate
scientific knowledge into complex
clinical interventions
Has potential to create leaders
for organization and system
management, quality
improvement,health policy
development and interdisciplinary

Womens Health Nurse

Practitioner
a nurse with advanced study
in health promotion and
health and prevention of
illness in women

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)

Prepared with extensive skills
in physical assessment,
interviewing and well-child
counseling and care

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

(NNP)
skilled in the care of
newborns both well and ill

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

a nurse who provides care
not only to women but to
family as a whole

Certified nurse-midwife
Educated and licensed in two
disciplines of nursing and
midwifery
provides complete care
during an uncomplicated
pregnancy, labor and birth