Here is a selection of online resources in neonatal care:   

STORYTELLING

• Creating and telling Stories in Neonatal Care– See this short video focusing on the process of creating digital stories for learning and teaching, authored by Julia Petty, Joy Jarvis and Rebecca Thomas.
• Stories from the neonatal unit – Appreciation of the neonatal care experience through the eyes of student nurses – This site, developed by Julia Petty, focuses on story telling from student nurses who have spent time on a clinical placement on a neonatal unit. Their narratives depict their experiences of neonatal care and an appreciation of key points for learning.
• Patient Voices.org.uk – a collection of 1st person parent stories from neonatal care – This webpage is hosted on the main Patient Voice website and comprises a collection of stories spoken by parents who have had babies in neonatal care for a variety of reasons.
• BLISS Baby Charity- Parent Stories – See this website that focuses on supporting parents who have had babies in neonatal care; here is a collection of parent stories

OTHER ONLINE NEONATAL RESOURCES

• ‘A Stay in the Neonatal Unit’- An animated guide to your role as a parent and what to expect – This excellent animation was developed by South West Neonatal Network in conjunction with the NICU Foundation. Aimed at parents, it provides a very useful picture for those learning / working in the neonatal unit of what parents go through during their time there. 
• Neonatal Nursing- Knowledge to support learning in practice – This site, developed by Julia Petty, is hosted on the University of Hertfordshire website and serves as a repository of resources in key areas of neonatal care useful for anyone learning about this specialty or those who require an update of the specific learning points to apply to practice.
• Knowledge for neonatal nursing practice: A self-directed learning programme – This site, developed by Julia Petty, is an interactive, self-directed resource comprising a variety of units on various topics in neonatal care, both for the healthy baby and the neonate who requires admission to a neonatal unit. The different units provide information, fact sheets and interactive quizzes.
• European Foundation for the Care of the Newborn Infant (EFCNI): Standards of Care for Newborn Health – This site hosts a collection of excellent, evidence-based standards of care written by the EFCNI and associated experts in the field.
• Cochrane Neonatal – This link takes you to the complete list to neonatal specific Cochrane reviews which are systematic reviews of available research in many specific areas of neonatal care.
• National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) – All publications – The NPEU undertake many vital research studies in perinatal and neonatal care and you can view the list of publications here. The main site also details the past and current research trials and other studies undertaken by this organisation.
• National Institute for Health Research – Neonatal Research Studies – This page contains links to all neonatal related research funded by the NIHR
• NHS Networks: an example of a collection of evidence-based clinical guidelines on a range of topics
• Stanford Newborn Nursery website and photo gallery: A useful US website comprising information / guidelines for health professionals but most importantly, is the Photo Gallery that contains a wide variety of images, audio clips and videos of various aspects of newborn assessment with supporting explanations.

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