Program Description:
The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner concentration is designed to prepare the neonatal nurse practitioner student with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide a high level of comprehensive care to ill newborns and their families, patients residing in the neonatal intensive care unit, and high risk infants and children through the age of 2.
Upon completion of the concentration, students will be eligible to take the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner certification exam offered by the National Certification Corporation.
For further information on the program, admission requirements, available scholarships or financial aid information, please refer to the College of Nursing and Health website at www.nursing.wright.edu, and click on the Graduate tab.
Keep in mind that it takes 2-6 weeks to process an application in the Graduate School. Once all your application materials have been received, you will be contacted to interview with the director of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner concentration. Leadership potential, motivation, ability to express ideas and opinions, view of advanced nursing practice, diversity in work and life experiences with people of different cultures are all factors considered in the essays and interviews. Compatibility between expressed career goals and program goals is weighted heavily.
Admission Requirements:
Due Date: This program admits students on a rolling basis. There is no application deadline.
Program Start: Varied
Application to Wright State University’s College of Nursing and Health is a two-step process.
STEP 1:
Apply to the Wright State University Graduate School
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
The documents listed below should be uploaded directly to your Graduate School online application. Please do not send these materials to the College of Nursing and Health.
- Graduate School application (online)
- Transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
- Resume/curriculum vitae
- Meaningful clinical experience essay (2 pages maximum)
- Statement of professional goals (250 words maximum)
- Provide name and email address of two references for letters of recommendation
- Current or most recent supervisor
- Faculty member from your nursing program or previous employer
When the Graduate School application is complete, notification will automatically be sent to the College of Nursing and Health, and we will communicate our application requirements.
Step 2
Apply to the College of Nursing and Health
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
- College of Nursing and Health application
- BCII and FBI background check results
The College of Nursing and Health will provide instructions on how to complete the above steps once we receive notification of the completed Graduate School application. All CoNH required documents should be sent directly to the CoNH.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Be a bachelor’s prepared nurse, having earned a BSN in nursing from an accredited institution.
- Have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for your baccalaureate degree and any subsequent graduate work
- Have an unencumbered nursing license.
- Have a minimum of two years of full-time nursing experience in a Level III neonatal intensive care unit prior to the start of clinical courses.
- Provide evidence of no criminal record on file through a clear BCI/FBI background screen.
- International students
- Must provide proof of English proficiency by achieving at least the minimum score in one of the following:
- TOEFL IBT: 79
- IELTS: 6.0
- Pearson PTE: 57
- LEAP: 4
- Must have an unencumbered United States nursing license.
For additional information:
Faculty:
Click here for a full listing of nursing faculty. (http://nursing.wright.edu/about/faculty-and-staff-profiles)
