Neonatal Nursing: A Global Perspective (PDF)

published in 2019. Tracey is also a specialist advisor for the Care Quality Commission and was part of the team writing the recent RCN neonatal standards. She is part of the editorial board for the Journal of Neonatal Nursing. She chairs the COINN education committee and is a non-executive director on the board for COINN. She has recently been involved in a working group developing standards for neonatal nursing in the UK and a career pathway for advanced neonatal nurse practitioners. Tracey is an NLS instructor and part of the GIC faculty training new instructors.

Agnes van den Hoogen (PhD, RN) is a Professor and researcher at the University Medical Centre of Utrecht (UMCU) - Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, and senior lecturer at Utrecht University. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the EFCNI (European Foundation for the care of newborn infants) where she was involved as vice Chair for Standards of Carefor Newborn Health in Europe regarding 'Education and Training for nurses and midwives'. She is also a member of WHO working group for Maternal Health and Newborns and was involved in WHO development of Goal for child survival (MDG-4, to reduce Global Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Morbidity and Mortality). She is on the board of Directors of the Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN).

Karen Walker (Phd, MN BAppsc RGN RSCN) is the President, Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN), a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Sydney and the Neonatal Clinical Nurse Consultant at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia. She is an honorary research fellow with the George Institute for Global Health and the current President of the Council of International Neonatal Nurses. She is past president of the Australian College of Neonatal Nurses, a founding member of the Alliance for Global Neonatal Nurses (ALLIGN)and a board member of the Global Alliance for Newborn Care (GLANCE), a parent led global organisation. She worked with the World Health Organisation developing a road-map on Human Resources for Health: Strategies for improving neonatal care capacity in facility settings in low- and middle-income countries and is the co-chair of the Knowledge and Evidence working group of the Partnership for Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (PMNCH). She is also working on the revision of the WHO/UNICEF Every Newborn Action Plan and education modules for the WHO Care of the small and sick newborn course. Karen has published widely and is an invited national and international speaker.Carole Kenner (PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF) is the CEO, Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN). She specialized in neonatal/perinatal nursing for her master's and obtained a minor in higher education for her doctorate. She has authored more than 100 journal articles and 30 textbooks. Carole'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 is a recognized leader and expert in neonatal nursing and higher education. Her passion led her to begin the journal Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, which she served as Editor and then Associate Editor. She worked with the National Coalition on Health Professions Education in Genetics (NCHPEG) and the American Nurses Association to develop genetic competencies. She serves on the Consensus Committee of Neonatal Intensive Care Design Standards, which sets recommendations for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit designs and serves on the March of Dimes Nursing Advisory Committee. She is the 2011 recipient of the Audrey Hepburn Award for Contributions to the Health and Welfare of Children internationally.