16(2) Editorial: Family Perspectives in the NICU Leslie Altimier DNP, RN, MSN, NE-BC PII: DOI: Reference:
S1527-3369(16)00041-6 doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2016.03.014 YNBIN 50656
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Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
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Family Perspectives in the NICU
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Leslie Altimier, DNP, RN, MSN, NE-BC
Sr. Consulting Education Manager for North America
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Healthcare Transformation Services & Education
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Philips Healthcare 35 Warren St.
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Newburyport, MA 01950
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ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Altimier – 16(2) Editorial 1 It is my privilege to introduce Dr. Marina Boykova, and Dr. Carole Kenner, as the co- guest editors for the June 2016 NAINR issue on Family Perspectives in the
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Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU).
Dr. Boykova received her nursing diploma from the School of Nursing #3,
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Leningrad, Russia and her Bachelor’s of Science (Nursing) and Master of Science (Health Promotion) from the University of Liverpool (Chester, United Kingdom). She
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specialized in neonatal intensive care nursing and worked as a clinical nurse at the neonatal intensive care unit, Children’s Hospital #1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, for 19
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years before receiving her Doctor of Philosophy degree (Nursing) at the University of Oklahoma, USA.
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In addition to her clinical work, she served as a clinical teacher at the Children’s
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Hospital # 1 of Saint Petersburg, and as an invited lecturer at the Saint Petersburg
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Medical Academy of Post Graduate Education, Department of Nursing and Social Care, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her primary research interests are postdischarge care for
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premature infants and their families; her publications concern transitioning to home after discharge, follow-up care, nursing leadership, international collaborations, and global issues in neonatal care. She has nationally and internationally on these topics. Dr. Marina Boykova is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society1 and the Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN)2, where she also serves as a research coordinator and project project manager. Dr. Boykova has also served on a variety of committees and groups world wide. She is a member of the Topic Expert Group Education and Training of the multidisciplinary team working in neonatology of the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) 3.
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Altimier – 16(2) Editorial 2 She is also a member of the Advisory Group for developing the International Neonatal Nursing Database for COINN. Marina has also been involved with COnNect (Clinical
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Online Network of Evidence for Care and Therapeutics) with the Joanna Briggs Institute (Australia) as well as the task force group to develop Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
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Competency Toolkit for the National Association of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP), a division of National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)4, USA.
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Dr. Carole Kenner is the Carol Kuser Loser Dean/Professor of the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science at The College of New Jersey. Dr. Kenner
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received a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Cincinnati and her master’s and doctorate in nursing from Indiana University. She specialized in
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neonatal/perinatal nursing for her master’s and obtained a minor in higher education for
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her doctorate. She has over 30 years’ experience in teaching with 20 of those years in
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higher education administration. She has authored more than 100 journal articles and
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Dr. Kenner’s career is dedicated to nursing education and to the health of neonates and their families, as well as educational and professional development of healthcare practices in neonatology. She served as the co-chair of the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Task Force on End of Life/Palliative care. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), a fellow in the National Academies of Practice, past president of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)4 and founding President of the Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN),2 the first international organization representing neonatal nursing. She is the 2011 recipient of the Audrey Hepburn Award for Contributions to the Health and Welfare of Children
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Altimier – 16(2) Editorial 3 internationally. Dr. Kenner’s leadership in maternal-child nursing with special emphasis in neonatal palliative care has provided her with international recognition. Her passion
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led her to begin this journal, Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews (NAINR),5 which she now serves as international column editor, the associate editor, and this specific issue
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on family perspectives in the NICU, as co-guest editor.
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