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Dr. Julia Petty is an Associate Professor (Learning & Teaching) and Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing at the University of Hertfordshire, affiliated with the School of Health and Social Work and the Centre for Applied Clinical, Health and Care Research (CACHE). Her work bridges educational innovation and clinical practice, focusing on neonatal care, digital learning resources, and minority student experiences. She holds a Doctorate in Education and actively contributes to interdisciplinary research.
Research interests include enhancing communication between preterm infants and parents, improving practice placements for students from ethnic minority backgrounds, and evaluating simulation dolls in healthcare training. Her projects emphasize empathy-driven education, transition challenges for premature infants' families, and nursing retention in palliative care.
Her recent articles address parental perspectives on preterm infant communication, leadership education partnerships, and parental information needs for unsettled infants. Collaborations span nursing, social work, and health visitor domains, with a focus on vulnerable populations and systemic barriers in healthcare education and practice.
Key projects include exploring ethnic minority student experiences in practice learning (2023–2024) and neonatal communication barriers (2021–2024). She has led evaluations on simulation dolls for parenting assessment and healthcare knowledge gaps post-neonatal care. Grants and partnerships highlight her commitment to translational research impacting clinical and educational practices.
Dr. Petty is a prolific author in neonatal nursing and educational technologies, contributing to peer-reviewed journals, books, and narrative research methodologies. Her work advocates for equitable, person-centered approaches in healthcare education and practice.
