Growing the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Workforce Through Mentoring: A Scoping Review.

Objective: The purpose of this article is to highlight evidence specific to the neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) workforce related to successful mentoring programs. Specifically, the authors of this article explored recent evidence of mentorship to improve job satisfaction and retention of the NNP workforce.

Background: NNPs are valuable members of neonatal healthcare team.

Education standards, accreditation, certification, and regulation of nurse practitioner practice.

Many organizations play a role in creating, supporting, clarifying, and certifying the foundational documents for nurse practitioner (NP) education and practice. Quality standards for NP education are promulgated by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). Competency-based education, in the form of interactive learning, helps bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Adoption, Infertility, and Love Affirmed.

A nurse describes the emotional journey of getting pregnant and giving birth after the experiences of adoption and infertility.

Opioid Exposed Mothers and Infants in Delaware: Clinical and Legal Considerations.

Drug use is on the rise in Delaware, as demonstrated by the continued increase in infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Thoughtful, evidence-based, and coordinated approaches are necessary to impact this problem. There is solid evidence that mothers and infants who remain together have improved outcomes.