Job Summary: Reporting to the Director of Patient Care Services and Department of Pediatrics Chair, the Registered Nurse functions in an expanded role under the direct supervision of a pediatrician. According to the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (June 1990), the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is educationally prepared, according to nationally recognized standards, to assume the role through study and supervised practice beyond the level of basic nursing preparation. The APN is a RN with clinical expertise in neonatal nursing that has received graduate education with supervised clinical experience in the management of sick newborns and their families. The APN manages a caseload of neonatal patients with consultation, collaboration, and general supervision from a pediatrician. Utilizing the extensive knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology and physiology acquired, the APN exercises independent judgments in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of certa...