Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
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The NNP has the unique and challenging role of education and supervision of interns and residents rotating through the NICU, providing continuity and expertise to their patient management. The NNP also follows our special VLBW population, providing exciting opportunities for medical and nursing education, leadership and research, multidisciplinary collaboration and individualized patient and family contact.
Our Nurse Practitioners: LDA Abreu la8g@virginia.edu
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Within our 45-bed, Level III/IV/ECMO NICU and
transitional care nursery, innovative healthcare professionals work
together for the benefit of critically ill infants. Key to this team
are our Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. We maintain an ECMO program,
operate a well established neonatal transport system, and have active
cardiac and pediatric surgery programs.
Our NNPs provide care to a patient
population presenting with all medical and surgical problems, including
congenital heart disease and ECMO. The patient population extends from
newborns requiring normal newborn care to the critically ill and/or
premature newborns. Our large referral area brings babies from both
rural and urban communities.
