Special and Transitional Care of the Newborn

Advance your practice working with newborn infants who need special or transitional care. Understand more about the needs of newborns and their families. Examine your own practice in the light of clinical evidence, and explore the nursing and medical interventions available to these infants.

Our course is ideal for registered nurses, midwives or nursery nurses who are working in a setting which involves special or transitional care of the newborn infant. It can be studied at level 5 or 6.

The course is divided into theoretical and practical elements. This lets you take a holistic approach to exploring the concept of special and transitional care, and the needs of the newborn infant and their family.

You’ll look at the provision of special and transitional care in the light of supporting evidence, and reflect critically on your own practice. You’ll consider and critically analyse nursing and medical interventions which can be used in this setting, deepening your understanding of their appropriateness and effectiveness, and of best practice.

Assessment is based on a 3,000-word essay as well as successful completion of practice competencies.