Pilot survey of NICU nurses' interest in the neonatal nurse practitioner role.

Purpose: This descriptive, qualitative pilot study explored the interest and perceptions of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses regarding the neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) role. Motivating factors to become an NNP, challenges facing NNPs, and rewards of the NNP role from the perspectives of NICU nurses were explored.

Subjects: The convenience sample was obtained using 2 survey techniques.