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Education

• DNP, Â鶹´«Ã½ (Neonatal), 2012
• MSN, Â鶹´«Ã½ (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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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