My Publications

My following publications  / co-authored papers focus on parent experience, narrative / story-telling and other important areas of neonatal care. They are open access where available with links provided; otherwise, the link to the abstract &/or summary is given (in chronological order, most recent first]. 

  • Petty, J, Whiting, L & Harding, C. (2024). Investigating parental perspectives of the enablers and barriers to communication with their preterm infants: A narrative study. Journal of Child Health Care. Open access/full text here

  • Petty, J., Roberts, S & Whiting, L. [eds.] (2024). A Guide to Neonatal Care- Handbook for Health professionals. Critical Publishers. Publisher link & link to web companion [see Free Resources tab & Neonatal]

  • Squires, E., Whiting, L and Petty, J. (2024). The impact of climate change on the health of children and young people. Nursing Standard. Open access here

  • Petty, J, Whiting, L & Harding, C. (2023). Blog- Supporting parents to communicate with their premature baby – why do we need to explore this? Evidence Based Nursing. Open access here

  • Petty, J, Jones, T, Kenner, C, van den Hoogen, A and Walker, K. (eds.) On behalf of the Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN)) (2022). Neonatal Nursing: A Global Perspective. Springer publishers. Publisher link

  • Harding, C., Whiting, L., Petty, J., Edney, S., Murphy, R., & Crossley, S. L. (2022). Infant communication. How should we define this, and is it important? Journal of Neonatal Nursing. See abstract & section snippets

  • Gallagher, K., Petty, J., Cooper, J, Marlow, N. (2021). Neonatal Nursing Led Research Activity in the UK: A Survey of Current Practice. BMC Nursing. Open Access here

  • Walker, K., Green, J., Petty, J., Whiting, L., Staff, L., Bromley, P., Fowler, C., Jones, L. (2021). Breastfeeding in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A discussion paper. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2021.08.003   Open Access here

  • Petty, J., Whiting, L. Fowler, J, Green, J. (2021). Exploring the knowledge of community-based health professionals in supporting parents of premature babies at home: A survey-based study.  Nursing Open. Open Access here

  • Green, J., Jones, L. Petty, J., Bromley, P., Fowler, C., Walker, K. (2021). COVID-19 and current knowledge for midwifery practice: Part 1- Impact and care of the pregnant woman. British Journal of Midwifery. 29(4), 224-231. See abstract here

  • Green, J., Jones, L. Petty, J., Bromley, P., Fowler, C., Walker, K. (2021). COVID-19 and current knowledge for midwifery practice: Part 2- Impact and care of the baby. British Journal of Midwifery. 29(5), 286-293. See abstract here

  • Shaw, C., Gallagher, K., Petty, J, Mancini, A., Boyle, B. (2021). Neonatal Nursing during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: A thematic analysis of personal reflections. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 27(3), 165-171. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2021.03.011. Open Access here

  • Petty, J. (2021). Arts-based digital storytelling within neonatal care to enhance empathy in children’s nursing students. Nursing Children and Young People. 33(4), doi: 10.7748/ncyp. 2021.e1351. Open Access here

  • Whiting, L., Whiting, M., O’Grady, M., Petty, J. (2021). Children’s palliative care: An examination of a nursing rotation programme. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 27(1), 20-29. Open Access here

  • Green, J., Staff, L., Bromley, P., Petty, J., Jones, L. (2021). The implications of face masks for babies and families during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Discussion Paper. Journal of Neonatal Nursing.  27(1): 21–25. Open Access here

  • Green, J., Petty, J., Whiting, L., Fowler, C. (2021). Exploring modifiable risk-factors for premature birth in the context of COVID-19 mitigation measures: A discussion paper. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 27(3), 172-179. Open Access here

  • Green, J., Petty, J., Bromley, P., Walker, K., & Jones, L. (2020). COVID 19 in babies: Knowledge for neonatal care. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 26(5): 239–246. Open Access here

  • Petty, J. (2020). Creating stories from parents’ experiences of premature birth to engender empathy in nursing students. PhD thesis. Open access here

  • Green, J., Fowler, C., Petty, J., Whiting, L. (2021). The transition home of extremely premature babies: An integrative review. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 27(1), 26-32. See abstract & section snippets here

  • Petty, J., Jarvis, J., Thomas, R. (2020). Exploring the impact of digital stories on empathic learning in neonatal nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice. 48. See abstract & section snippets

  • Whiting, L., Whiting, M., Petty, J., O’Grady, M., (2020). Factors influencing nurse retention within children’s palliative care. Journal of Child Health Care. Open Access here

  • Boxwell, G. Petty, J, Kaiser, L. (eds.) (2020). Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (3rd edition). Routledge: Abingdon & New York.  Link to Publisher

  • Petty, J, Kaiser, L. (eds.) (2020). Student web Companion for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (3rd edition). See website  

  • Petty J, Jarvis J, Thomas R. (2020). Using parent metaphors for learning about the neonatal care experience: an interpretive perspective. Journal of Child Health Care. 24(4):529-543. See abstract

  • Petty, J., Whiting, L., Mosenthal, A., Fowler, C., Elliott, D., & Green, J. (2019). The knowledge and learning needs of health professionals in providing support for parents of premature babies at home: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 25(6), 277-284. Open Access                 

  • Fowler, C., Green, J., Whiting, L., Petty, J., Rossiter, C. & Elliott, D. (2019) The forgotten mothers of extremely preterm babies: need for increased psychosocial support. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 8(11-12):2124-2134. Open Access here  

  • Petty J, Jarvis J, Thomas R. (2019). Understanding parents’ emotional experiences for neonatal education: A narrative, interpretive approach. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 28(9-10), 1911-1924. See abstract

  • Petty J, Jarvis J, Thomas R. (2019). Listening to the parent voice to inform person-centred neonatal care. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 25(3), 121-126. See abstract & section snippets

  • Petty, J, Whiting, L., Green, J., Fowler, C. (2018). Parents’ views on preparation to care for extremely premature infants at home. Nursing Children and Young People. 30(4), 22-27. Open Access here

  • Petty, J, Jarvis, J and Thomas, R. (2018). Core Story Creation: Analysing narratives to construct stories for learning. Nurse Researcher. 24(4), 46-50. See abstract

  • Petty, J (2017). Emotion work in qualitative research: Interviewing parents about the neonatal care experience. Nurse Researcher. 25(3), 26-30. See abstract

  • Petty, J and Treves, R (2017). Development of a digital storytelling resource to support children’s nursing students in neonatal care. Nursing Children and Young People. 29(2), 32-37. See abstract

  • Petty, J. (2017). Kangaroo mother care’ helps preterm babies survive … but offers benefits for all’. The Conversation. January 31st.  https://theconversation.com/kangaroo-mother-care-helps-preterm-babies-survive-but-offers-benefits-for-all-71644

  • Petty, J and Treves, R (2017). Development of a digital storytelling resource to support children’s nursing students in neonatal care. Nursing Children and Young People. 29(2), 32-37. See abstract

  • Petty, J. (2017). Creating stories for learning about the neonatal care experience through the eyes of student nurses: An interpretive, narrative study. Nurse Education Today. 48: 25-32. See abstract

  • Petty, J. (2016). Learning from narrative to understand person-centred experience: a literature review. Journal of Neonatal Nursing. 22(6), 297-308. See abstract

  • Petty, J. (2016). Appreciation of the neonatal care experience through the eyes of student nurses: The Development of a Storytelling learning resource. LINK (UH online journal). Full text / Open access: CLICK HERE

  • Petty, J. (2013) Nutritional Needs of the Newborn Baby. British Journal of Nursing. 22, 13, 738-740.

  • Petty, J. (2013) Understanding Neonatal Ventilation: Strategies for Decision Making in the NICU. Neonatal Network. 32, 4, 246-261. Open Access here

  • Turnbull, V and Petty, J. (2013) Evidence-based thermal care of low-birth-weight neonates. Part 2: family-centred care principles.  Nursing Children and Young People. 25, 3, 26-29. See abstract

  • Turnbull, V and Petty, J. (2013) Understanding evidence-based thermal care in the low-birth-weight neonate: Part 1: An overview of principles and current practice. Nursing Children and Young People. 25, 2, 26-30. See abstract

  • Turnbull V and Petty J (2012). Early onset jaundice in the newborn: understanding the ongoing care of mother and baby. British Journal of Midwifery, 20, 9, 540-547. See abstract

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