Neonatal Care Essentials for Nursing and Midwifery

An entry-level guide for midwifery and nursing students on the neonatal unit, built around four questions you keep asking a premature or unwell term baby: is it warm, is it sweet, is it pink, is it calm. It starts with the transition to life outside the womb, then takes the presentations that actually arrive in a neonatal special care nursery and explains the pathophysiology behind them and what the nurse or midwife does. By Jacqui McGregor, Deakin University 2025, CC BY-NC licence.