Nurse Practioner Program Profile

NCC must review and approve your program prior to graduates being able to participate in the certification process. Please review the following eligibility criteria.

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Listed below are the minimum requirements that programs must meet for graduates to be considered eligible for the NCC Neonatal Nurse Pactitioner examinations:

• The program must be a formal, accredited neonatal nurse practitioner program
• The program must be a post-baccalaureate RN education program that prepares nurse and awards either a graduate degree, or post-graduate degree.
• The program must be sponsored by or affiliated with a college or university.
• The program must be at least one academic year in length (nine months)
• The program curriculum must reflect the content of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner examination.
• Of the programs neonatal content, at least 200 hours must be didactic and at least 600 clinical.
• The program meets the three P's outlined in the consensus model which include three separate courses in:
  • Advanced physiology/pathophysiology across the LIFESPAN
  • Advanced health assessment which includes assessment of all human systems
  • Advanced Pharmacology which includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics of all broad categories of agents.

NCC Guidelines for Neonatal Nursing Practioner Programs

Content Category	Didactic Hours	Clinical Hours
General Assessment - 15%	30	90
General Management (includes Family Integration) - 25%	50	150
The Disease Process - 60%	120	360
Total	200	600

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Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner

Listed below are the minimum requirements that programs must meet for graduates to be considered eligible for the NCC Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner examinations:

• The program must be a formal accredited women's health care nurse practitioner program
• The program must be a post-baccalaureate RN education program that prepares nurse and awards either a graduate degree, or post-graduate degree.
• The program must be sponsored by or affiliated with a college or university.
• The program must be at least one academic year in length (nine months)
• The program curriculum must reflect the content of the Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner examination.
• Of the programs women's health care content, at least 200 hours must be didactic and at least 600 clinical.
• The program meets the three P's outlined in the consensus model which include three separate courses in
  • Advanced physiology/pathophysiology across the LIFESPAN
  • Advanced health assessment which includes assessment of all human systems
  • Advanced Pharmacology which includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics of all broad categories of agents.

NCC Guidelines for Women's Health Care Nurse Practioner Programs

Content Category	Didactic Hours	Clinical Hours
Primary Care (15%)	30	90
Gynecology (40%)	80	240
Obstetrics (30%)	60	180
Pharmacology (15%)	30	90
Total	200	600

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