Offers the opportunity for experiential integration and synthesis of basic knowledge and skills for care of the high-risk neonate and their family. Reinforces the principles of collaborative decision making, effective communication, cultural sensitivity, use of equipment and techniques, evidence-based practice, planning for routine and emergent care, and evaluation of disease processes in the neonate. Focuses on the acquisition of the skills necessary to provide direct management of the high-risk neonate and their family while continuing to develop achievement of entry-level assessment and skills including therapeutic and diagnostic procedures with an increasingly complex patient assignment.