Learning about the neonatal experience through narrative
Online Resources
Here is a selection of online resources in neonatal care:
Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (3rd Edition)- Boxwell, Petty & Kaiser (2020) Website Companion – This web-based, learning platform written and developed by Julia Petty and Lisa Kaiser accompanies the book of the same name. Click on the link above and then go to the ‘Students’ tab for Case studies with answer guides, interactive exercises & quizzes and further resources for all chapters in the book.
COVID-19- Reflections of Neonatal Nursing in a Global Pandemic– Take a look at reflections from staff from across the globe on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted care. These reflections have been collated from a collaborative, reflective writing project by Chloe Shaw, Katie Gallagher, Briedge Boyle, Alex Mancini and Julia Petty.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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