A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- DNP: Second Certification - Neonatal NP
- Credential class
- ceterms:DoctoralDegree
- CIP
- 51.3818
- Total credits (published)
- 56
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 Edition Undergraduate Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The DNP-Second Certification option provides an educational route for nurses who already hold a master’s degree in nursing (MSN) as advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who seek specialization in an area other than that obtained in their master's and also earn their terminal doctorate degree. Students complete the post-master’s DNP program of study concurrently while fulfilling required coursework in their second NP specialty area.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 175005
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_175005_ffa5086d
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Curriculum
22 items
- As published: “Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice”3
- As published: “Leadership for Advanced Nursing Practice”3
- 3
- As published: “Informatics for Advanced Healthcare Practice and Management”3
- As published: “Advanced Outcomes Measurement and Evaluation”3
- As published: “Embryology and Pathophysiology of the Neonate”2
- As published: “Advanced Neonatal Assessment, Diagnostics, and Procedures”2
- As published: “Neonatal Pharmacotherapeutics”2
- As published: “Neonatal Management I: Common Neonatal Conditions”3
- As published: “Neonatal Management II: The High Risk Neonate”3
- As published: “Neonatal Management III: Complex Conditions of the Neonate”3
- As published: “Neonatal Clinical I”1
- As published: “Neonatal Clinical II”3
- As published: “Neonatal Clinical III”3
- NURS 8325Not resolved to a course2
- As published: “DNP Practicum I: Leading QI”2
- As published: “Advanced Evidence-based Practice”3
- As published: “Healthcare Economics and Finance”3
- As published: “Health Care: Power, Policy and Politics”3
- As published: “DNP Practicum II: Strategic project planning”2
- As published: “DNP Practicum III: QI implementation and data analysis”2
- As published: “DNP Practicum IV: Sustaining and disseminating QI”2
Summer Term
3 items
- As published: “Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice”3
- As published: “Embryology and Pathophysiology of the Neonate”2
- As published: “Neonatal Pharmacotherapeutics”2
Fall Term
4 items
- As published: “Informatics for Advanced Healthcare Practice and Management”3
- 3
- As published: “Neonatal Management I: Common Neonatal Conditions”3
- As published: “Advanced Neonatal Assessment, Diagnostics, and Procedures”2
Spring Term
3 items
- As published: “Leadership for Advanced Nursing Practice”3
- As published: “Neonatal Management II: The High Risk Neonate”3
- As published: “Advanced Evidence-based Practice”3
Summer Term
3 items
- As published: “Neonatal Management III: Complex Conditions of the Neonate”3
- As published: “Neonatal Clinical I”1
- As published: “DNP Practicum I: Leading QI”2
Fall Term
4 items
- As published: “Advanced Outcomes Measurement and Evaluation”3
- As published: “Healthcare Economics and Finance”3
- As published: “Neonatal Clinical II”3
- As published: “DNP Practicum II: Strategic project planning”2
Spring Term
3 items
- As published: “Health Care: Power, Policy and Politics”3
- As published: “Neonatal Clinical III”3
- As published: “DNP Practicum III: QI implementation and data analysis”2
Summer Term
2 items
- As published: “DNP Practicum IV: Sustaining and disseminating QI”2
- NURS 8325Not resolved to a course2
Source. St Catherine University, catalog 2026-2027 Edition Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalog.stkate.edu/graduate/nursing/dnp/post-masters/2nd-cert-neonatal/. Captured page pages/0577.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.