Select one topic from the list below. Choose a broad topic that is of specific interest to you.

1.Critically discuss the nursing care, with rationales, that is provided to the preterm neonate to protect their neurodevelopment.

2.Select a neonatal condition from a topic in this unit (see weekly breakdown – students are invited to select a topic covered in the modules or a condition/disease that is of interest to them) and critically discuss the appropriate nursing care provided to the neonate and their family.

3.Critically discuss the strategies used to facilitate bonding between a newborn and their family in the neonatal environment.

A neonatal nurse practitioner is an advanced practice registered nurse with at least 2 years experience as a beside registered nurse in a level III NICU, who is prepared to practice across the continuum, providing primary, acute, chronic, and critical care to neonates, infants, and toddlers through age 2