Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (Grad. Dip.)

Program Description

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS: Applications open every two (2) years. The next admission will be for September 2026.

Please note that this program is a secondary or follow-up program and is only open to students who have completed or are in the process of completing McGill’s MScA Nurse Practitioner Program OR McGill’s Graduate Certificate Nurse Practitioner Program in the relevant specialty.

The Graduate Diploma in Neonatal Nurse Practitioner focuses on the multifaceted role of the neonatal nurse practitioner in a variety of acute, intermediate and critical care neonatal settings, including advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, diagnosis and other skills to enact the full-legislated scope of practice. Students who complete the Neonatal Nurse practitioner program are eligible to write the Ordre des infimières et infirmiers du Québec’s Neonatal Nurse Practitioner specialty (licensing) examination.

Keywords: Neonatal, Critical Care, Clinical Reasoning, Diagnosis, Advanced Assessment, Nurse Practitioner.

University-Level Admission Requirements

Applicants require:

• Bachelor’s of Nursing or a Master‘s of Nursing degree comparable to the undergraduate or graduate degree offered at McGill University, Ingram School of Nursing.
• Minimum cGPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 in nursing studies.
• Current Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ) license or equivalency.*
• 12-credits in university-level biological sciences content (physiology, pathophysiology, pathology and pharmacology), only if the undergraduate nursing degree was obtained in a university outside of Quebec.**
• Work experience in nursing within the last 5 years, refer to the "Required Nursing Experience" section below.
• While a statistics course is not a requirement, it is strongly recommended that you complete a University-level introductory statistics course (3 credits) prior to starting your MSc (A) in Nurse Practitioner degree.

*Nurses licensed outside of Quebec must: 1) have nursing experience within a healthcare context in Canada; 2) have the capacity to be licensed as a nurse in Quebec; 3) be able to understand and communicate in French

**Applicants with an undergraduate nursing degree obtained outside of Quebec may have the option to complete pathophysiology and pharmacology courses at McGill University to fulfill this requirement.

Available Intakes

Applications open every two (2) years. The next admission will be for Fall 2026.