Investigating parental perspectives of the enablers and barriers to communication with their preterm infants: A narrative study.

Learning to communicate with infants in a neonatal unit setting is challenging. Parents need time and support to feel confident and acquire skills that enable them to care for, be close to, and communicate with their infant. This qualitative, narrative-based study sought to investigate parents' understanding of factors that enhance or prevent the development of early communication and interaction between preterm infants and parents within a neonatal setting.

The importance of recovery and staffing on midwives' emotional wellbeing: A UK national survey.

Background: There is currently a gap in the evidence on how working practices, such as the ability to take rest breaks, finish on time or intershift recovery influence outcomes.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the association of individual characteristics, work-related factors and working practices on emotional wellbeing outcomes of UK midwives.

Methods: An online cross-sectional survey collated data between September and October 2020.

Effects of climate change on the health of children and young people.

The effects of climate change, such as air pollution and extreme heat events, can adversely affect the physical and mental health of children and young people at all ages. This article explores the effects of climate change on children and young people's development and explains the effects of air pollution and heatwaves on their health. The article also discusses how children and young people are knowledgeable and concerned about the effects of climate change and can offer new perspectives on addressing these effects.

Gaining an Empathetic Insight into Parenting: Evaluating Infant Simulator Dolls for Professional Learning.

The development of an empathetic approach when working with parents and families is fundamental to both social work and children's nursing; however, opportunities to develop this are limited. RealCare Baby infant simulator dolls were used with the aim of enabling students to gain an empathetic insight into parenting. A qualitative, evaluation study involving semistructured interviews with 10 social work and 11 children's nursing students was undertaken to evaluate experiences and views of infant simulator dolls, in relation to professional learning.

Virtual and online learning during COVID-19: the experience of community children's nursing students.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in significant changes to education delivery. For many university programmes this has included a move from face-to-face to virtual and online learning and teaching.

Aim: To gain insight into the experiences of students undertaking the community children's nursing specialist practitioner programme during the academic year 2020-21, when most learning and teaching was delivered using virtual and online methods as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

'All we've ever known is Covid': A follow-up study with newly qualified nurses who worked as student nurses during the pandemic.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the experiences of nursing students in England who had worked through the first wave and transitioned to qualification in the ongoing pandemic.

Background: Experiences of health professionals and student nurses during the pandemic are now well documented, but the transition of students to qualification is less well understood. In Summer 2020, we interviewed 16 student nurses who had worked as health care assistants on paid extended placements as part of the COVID-19 response in the East of England, finding surprisingly positive experiences, including perceived heightened preparedness for qualification.

'Blurred boundaries': When nurses and midwives give anti-vaccination advice on Facebook.

Background: Nurses and midwives have a professional obligation to promote health and prevent disease, and therefore they have an essential role to play in vaccination. Despite this, some nurses and midwives have been found to take an anti-vaccination stance and promulgate misinformation about vaccines, often using Facebook as a platform to do so.

Research Question: This article reports on one component and dataset from a larger study - 'the positives, perils and pitfalls of Facebook for nurses'.

The experiences of student nurses in a pandemic: A qualitative study.

Aim/objective: To record and learn from the experiences of students working on clinical placement in a pandemic.

Background: In March of 2020, final and second year student nurses in England were given the option to join the Covid-19 pandemic work-force, paid as high-level health care assistants.

Methods/design: Using qualitative methods and rapid analysis techniques, this study gathered the unique experiences of 16 final year students, from all fields of nursing at a University in the East of England, who chose to complete their final extended placement in a diverse range of clinical placements at the height of the first wave of the pandemic.

Breastfeeding in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A discussion paper.

Breastfeeding offers one of the most fundamental global health benefits for babies. Breastmilk is lifesaving, providing not only nutrition but immunologic benefits and as such is strongly supported by the World Health Organization and leading healthcare associations worldwide. When the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, the impact of the restrictions to prevent the spread of the disease created challenges and questions about provision of safe, quality care, including breastfeeding practices, in a new 'normal' environment.

Exploring the knowledge of community-based nurses in supporting parents of preterm babies at home: A survey-based study.

Aim: This study aimed to investigate the confidence levels, knowledge base and learning needs of community-based nurses relating to the care of preterm babies and parents, to explore what education is required and in what format.

Design: An online survey methodology was used.

Methods: A 32-item questionnaire was distributed via social media platforms to community-based nurses in Australia.

Florence Nightingale's legacy for clinical academics: A framework analysis of a clinical professorial network and a model for clinical academia.

Background: Clinical academic nursing roles are rare, and clinical academic leadership positions even more scarce. Amongst the United Kingdom (UK) academia, only 3% of nurses who are employed within universities are clinically active. Furthermore, access to research fellowships and research grant funding for nurses in clinical or academic practice is also limited.

Children's palliative care: examination of a nursing rotation programme.

An 8-month rotation programme was implemented for five nurses employed in two kinds of children's palliative care environments: hospital wards and hospices. This study reports the views of the nurses completing the rotation. The research drew on appreciative inquiry and involved a pre- and post-rotation interview and questionnaire.

Exploring modifiable risk-factors for premature birth in the context of COVID-19 mitigation measures: A discussion paper.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents with sick or premature babies have faced challenges following admission to a neonatal unit due to the imposed lock-down restrictions on social contact, hospital visitation and the wearing of personal protective equipment. The negative short-term impact on neonatal care in relation to the prevention of close proximity, contact and bonding between parents and babies is potentially significant. However, an interesting finding has been reported of a reduction in premature birth admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit during the pandemic, raising important questions.

Factors influencing nurse retention within children's palliative care.

Retention of staff presents major challenges within children's palliative care; this has substantial implications for children, families and the nursing workforce. To address this, a programme was undertaken that provided pathways of professional development for senior nurses working in this field. This study reports the views of nurses completing this programme, the overall project manager (PM) and the day-to-day programme lead (PL) as well as factors that influence nurse retention within children's palliative care nursing.

The forgotten mothers of extremely preterm babies: A qualitative study.

Aims And Objectives: To explore the experiences of mothers of extremely premature babies during their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit stay and transition home.

Background: Mothers of extremely preterm infants (28 weeks' gestation or less) experience a continuum of regular and repeated stressful and traumatic events, during the perinatal period, during the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit stay, and during transition home.

Method: An interpretive description method guided this study.

Causes of ATtrition in CHIldren's NursinG (CATCHING): An exploratory mixed method study.

Professional, financial and ethical reasons necessitate nursing improves its understanding of student attrition. Previous studies identify causes of attrition as multifactorial. However, few studies focus on children's nursing.

Parents' views on preparation to care for extremely premature infants at home.

Aim: To gain insight into the post-discharge experiences of parents in relation to the adequacy of preparation for caring for extremely premature infants at home.

Method: A narrative approach was drawn on to facilitate data collection, through face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 14 parents of extremely premature infants.

Findings: Constant comparative analysis was used to allow the emergence of five key research themes - emotional and mental health of parents, uncertain outcomes, ongoing health needs of the baby, educational needs of health professionals, and parental support and preparation for transition home.

Work of the NHS England Youth Forum and its effect on health services.

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 commissioned by NHS England and undertaken by the University of Hertfordshire between July 2015 and September 2016. Data collection comprised activity logs, a form of questionnaire, and semi-structured interviews.

Association Between Experiencing Relational Bullying and Adolescent Health-Related Quality of Life.

Background: Bullying is a public health concern for the school-aged population, however, the health outcomes associated with the subtype of relational bullying are less understood. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between relational bullying and health-related quality of life (HRQL) among young people.

Methods: This study utilized data from 5335 students aged 11-15 years, collected as part of the 2014 Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study conducted in England.

An evaluation of the NHS England Youth Forum.

Aim To use qualitative data collection approaches to enhance insight and understanding of the NHS England Youth Forum, including its role, value and potential effects. Method A qualitative evaluation research approach was used. Two focus groups were conducted: one with five young people from the NHS England Youth Forum and another with five members of the Adult Reference Group that supports the forum's work.

An examination of interprofessional education in a pre-registration children's nursing course.

Aim This study set out to gain insight into views held by children's nursing students, lecturers and clinically based nurse mentors about interprofessional education (IPE). Method A qualitative research design was undertaken. Small focus groups were held with pre-registration children's nursing students, and semi-structured interviews with university lecturers and clinically based nurse mentors to find out information about their understanding of IPE.

Effective nursing care of children and young people outside hospital.

Aim: To assess the preparation required to ensure a workforce of nurses who can provide high quality out-of-hospital services for children and young people.

Methods: Using mixed methods, questionnaires were sent to young people and community children's nursing teams, interviews were conducted with academic staff and clinical nurses, and focus groups were undertaken with pre-registration children's nursing students.

Findings: Nurses' communication skills and clinical abilities were most important to young people.

Reflecting on the use of photo elicitation with children.

Aim: To reflect on the use of photo elicitation as a data collection method when conducting research with primary school age children (nine to 11 years).

Background: There is recognition that children feel an affinity with the visual medium; as a result, visual methods can be useful when conducting research with children. Photo elicitation is one such method, but there has been little discussion of its use with primary school children within a health context.

The importance of research and participation in formulating child health policy.

Despite some evidence of the successful involvement of children in the development of health policy in the U.K., the outcome of this process and its evaluation are limited.

Conducting qualitative research with palliative care patients: applying Hammick's research ethics wheel.

This paper discusses the particular ethical issues that are present when attempting to undertake research involving patients accessing palliative care for cancer. It focuses on the use of Hammick's research ethics wheel (REW) in relation to a research study undertaken by the authors. Applying the REW enabled the authors to identify and incorporate the ethical issues and dilemmas inherent within such a study at a practical level.