About Us

We honor and support the professionalism, dedication, and commitment of all neonatal nurses. The mission of the Academy is to provide quality neonatal education and programs at a reasonable cost to all newborn health care professionals. The Academy of Neonatal Nursing achieves this mission through professional, peer-reviewed publications, educational conferences, and offering books and other materials to newborn health care professionals. As a professional nursing organization our dedication to your educationis absolute. Using techniques that provide cost-effective learning modalities, the Academy strives to make your membership dollars stretch as far as possible. Join today and become part of the 7,900 neonatal nurses who make the Academy the world's largest neonatal nursing association.


The Academy is a proud supporter of The Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education (FNRE). We believe the future of NICU nursing rests with quality research. By becoming an Academy member, a portion of your membership dues helps provide necessary support for future neonatal nursing research projects.

The Academy welcomes your suggestions for expanding and improving our services to you. If you are not a member, we hope that you look at all the benefits that the Academy has to offer. Thank you for visiting the Academy's conference blog page. We hope you will check out our website to see what new benefits the Academy has planned and for the dates of the Academy's upcoming conferences.





Academy of Neonatal Nursing Executive Committee


Debbie Fraser, MN, RNC-NIC
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Executive Director



Patricia J. Johnson, DNP, MPH, RN, NNP
Phoenix, Arizona



Tracy B. Karp, RNC, MS, NNP-BC
Salt Lake City, Utah



Joan R. Smith, MSN, RN, NNP-BC
St. Louis, Missouri



Annette Carley, RN, MS, NNP-BC, PNP-BC
San Francisco, California



Jan Thape, RNC-NIC, MSN
Norfolk, Virginia



Jobeth Pilcher, EdD, RNC-NIC
Dallas, Texas