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Personal Hygiene and Pressure Ulcer prevention
Petty, Julia (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)Personal hygiene is an important consideration in the holistic care of both the healthy child and one who has specific needs and compromise due to illness, surgery and hospitalisation. A good standard of hygiene is an ... -
Preparing young people with complex needs and their families for transition to adult services
O'Connell, Andrew; Petty, Julia (2019-01-08)Improving survival rates for children and young people with complex health needs requires a robust system for transition to adult services. Effective planning is essential to ensure a smooth transition process that is in ... -
Recognise and manage neonatal infection
Petty, Julia (2017-10-01)Early-onset neonatal infection is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in newborn babies. A term often used interchangeably with infection, ‘sepsis’ is a rare but serious complication defined as life-threatening ... -
A response to: Almahmoud, O. (2021) Do newborns really don't talk, or are we just not skilful enough to understand them?
Harding, Celia; Crossley, S.L; Whiting, Lisa; Petty, Julia (2021-06-24)Neonatal practitioners are increasingly recognising that it is important to be aware of how we can communicate with the infants cared for in neonatal units. It is also essential that there is a clear understanding of what ... -
The transition home of extremely premature babies: An integrative review
Green, Janet; Fowler, Cathrine; Petty, Julia; Whiting, Lisa (2021-02)Taking a premature baby home after an often-protracted period on the neonatal unit can be stressful for parents and they are often confronted with an unexpected reality. The transition to motherhood and parenthood has ... -
Understanding evidence-based thermal care in the low birth weight neonate: Part 1: An overview of principles and current practice
Turnbull, T; Petty, Julia (2013-03-01)Neonates are at a high risk of temperature loss. Those born at less than 30 weeks' gestation should be placed in a plastic bag or wrapped immediately at birth, drying the head and putting on a hat, while maintaining routine ... -
Understanding neonatal non-invasive ventilation
Petty, Julia (2013-02-01)Many of the babies admitted to the neonatal unit require some degree of respiratory support at varying levels for a given time period as dictated by individualised assessment of their overall condition. This Fact Sheet, ... -
Understanding Neonatal Ventilation: Strategies for Decision Making in the NICU
Petty, Julia (2013-07-01)Neonatal ventilation is an integral component of care delivered in the neonatal unit. The aim of any ventilation strategy is to support the neonate's respiratory system during compromise while limiting any long-term damage ... -
Understanding parents’ emotional experiences for neonatal education: A narrative, interpretive approach
Petty, Julia; Jarvis, Joy; Thomas, Rebecca (2019-02-28)Aims and objectives: To explore the emotional experiences of parents who have had premature babies to inform and educate neonatal nurses and health professionals in this field. Background: Parents find the neonatal unit a ... -
Undertaking pre-pilot work to gain an empathetic insight into the participant perspective
Whiting, Lisa; Petty, Julia; Littlechild, Brian; Rogers, Samantha (2021-09-16)Background: Being an empathetic researcher can be crucial in terms of understanding the participant perspective. However, whilst the need for empathy is recognised within a qualitative interview research context, there is ... -
Using arts-based digital storytelling in neonatal care to enhance nursing students’ empathy
Petty, Julia (2021-02-01)Background; Patient stories can be used to teach difficult topics about emotionally challenging times. Digital storytelling using an arts-based approach can improve nurses’ understanding of emotional experiences relating ... -
Using parent metaphors for learning about the neonatal care experience: an interpretive perspective
Petty, Julia; Jarvis, Joy; Thomas, Rebecca (2019-09-12)This study focuses on how metaphors are used by parents who have had a premature baby to describe their neonatal care experience and how these can contribute to empathic learning of health professionals. In health, metaphors ... -
"We have a voice”.
Whiting, Lisa; Roberts, Sheila; Petty, Julia; Meager, Gary (2017-11-28)The poster presents the evaluative mixed methods research study that was commissioned by NHS England and undertaken by the Research Involvement and Engagement 2017, 3(Suppl 1) Page 14 of 17 University of Hertfordshire, ... -
Work of the NHS England Youth Forum and its effect on health services.
Whiting, Lisa; Roberts, Sheila; Petty, Julia; Meager, Gary; Evans, Kath (2018-07-11)AIM: To examine the role of members of the NHS England Youth Forum (NHSEYF) and the strategies used to influence health service provision for children and young people. METHOD: An evaluative mixed-methods study was ...