Neonatal Nursing is the foundation of high-quality newborn care, integrating clinical expertise, developmental support, family partnership, and vigilant monitoring in both intensive and intermediate-care settings. This session highlights the essential role neonatal nurses play in stabilisation, thermoregulation, feeding support, infection prevention, neuroprotection, and parent education.

Healthcare teams increasingly attend an Neonatology Conference to enhance skills in monitoring preterm infants, responding to emergencies, preventing complications, and supporting families through emotionally challenging experiences. This session explores how neonatal nurses interpret subtle physiologic changes, support invasive and non-invasive ventilation, manage medication safety, and deliver pain-minimising care.

A major focus is strengthening pediatric neonatal nursing pathways that enhance consistency, communication, and evidence-based practice across shifts and staff with varying experience. Case scenarios illustrate how neonatal nurses coordinate multidisciplinary care, advocate for infants, and implement protocols for thermoregulation, glucose monitoring, sepsis screening, and feeding transitions.

The session also examines the emotional dimensions of neonatal nursing—burnout, compassion fatigue, moral distress, and the need for structured team support. Cultural safety, trauma-informed care, and sensitivity to diverse family needs are integrated throughout. Participants will gain both clinical and relational skills to elevate neonatal care.