Melanie Noonan, NNP, APRN, CNP

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A Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

As a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Melanie Noonan works with Neonatologists and other team members taking care of premature and critically ill newborn babies in the NICU.

She cares for infants with a range of conditions including:

  • Prematurity
  • Respiratory failure
  • Congenital anomalies
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
  • Seizures
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Sepsis

She also specializes in resuscitation and stabilization of infants at birth.

Melanie serves a Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor and member of the Children’s Palliative Care team.

Speaks: English

Specialties

  • Pediatric Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

(701) 417-2000

Background Information

Education & Training History

Graduate School:
University of Connecticut, Storrs-Mansfield, CT

Board Certifications:
National Certification Corporation: Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal

Experience & Research

Publication:

Bizzarro, MJ, Sabo, B, Noonan, M Bonfiglio, MP. “A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit” Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2010; 31:241-248

Idea of Care

I feel that neonatal nurse practitioners help bridge the gap that sometimes exists between nurses and physicians. NNPs provide essential collaborative care. Even at a very young age, I always wanted to help people. My mother was the most influential person as she taught me true compassion.

Personal Interests

Melanie enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling and cooking. She is married to Dr. Ben Noonan, an orthopedic surgeon, and they have three boys.

Awards and Distinctions

Best QI Project for the Reduction in Newborn Screening False Positive Results in the NICU: A Quality Improvement Project. Abstract, Sanford Symposium (October 2016)

Best Evidence Based Quality Project for the Successful Effort to Reduce Surgical Ligation and Reduce Morbidity in Very Low Birthweight Premature Infants with Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). Abstract, Sanford Symposium (October 2015)

Yale New Haven Hospital Project Improvement Award for “Reduction in Central Line Associated Infections in NICU” (2010)

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