Penni Coates Huffman DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
Education
- DNP, University of South Alabama (Neonatal), 2012
- MSN, University of South Alabama (Neonatal NP), 2005
- ADN, Rockingham Community College, 2003
- BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Exercise Science), 1999
Specialized Training
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified (NCC)
Research Interests
- Central line associated blood stream infection prevention in neonates
- Neonatal abstinence syndrome
- Nursing education
- Neonatal nursing
Selected Publications
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Evans, E., & Huffman, P. (2015). Initiating the use of non-invasive respiratory support following delivery of 27-30 week gestation infants in a level III NICU. Neonatal Network: The Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 21(6), 248-254.
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Huffman, P., & McMullan, T. (2016). Specialty Care for the High Risk Newborn. In Whitworth, S.C., & McMullan. T.W. Maternal/Newborn: Success Plus. [Manuscript in preparation] (Chapter 22). F.A. Davis.
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Jollett, E., & Huffman, P. (2016). Evidence based guideline for when to transfuse neonates and how to feed with the transfusion. Neonatal Network: The Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 35 (6), 353-357.
Teaching
Doctoral Courses
- Doctor of Nursing Practice Project Planning
- Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement in Health Care Systems
- Organizational Systems Analysis, Leadership and Change
- Healthcare Policy and Finance
- Scientific Underpinnings of Advanced Nursing Practice
- Clinical Prevention Population Health
- Dr. Huffman has also worked with students on their Doctor of Nursing
- Practice Project manuscripts for publication.
Graduate Courses Taught
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Neonatal
- Nurse Practitioner and Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
- Introduction to Neonatal NP
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner I
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Practicum I
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner II
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Practicum II
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner III
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Practicum III
- Advanced Nursing Assessment
- Physio-Pathological Bases of Advanced Nursing
- Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses