The journal

Infant journal covers a wide range of subjects that reflects the varied roles of the professionals working in this area. Practical and clinically based, Infant supports neonatal and infant paediatric nursing and medical practice and develops professional education and health promotion skills.

Infant provides a valuable resource for everyone involved in caring for premature babies and critically ill infants. Technological developments and their impact on care are discussed, as well as the social and psychological issues relating to family support and child development.

Infant has a board of distinguished advisors whose experience and knowledge ensures that articles carried in the journal are factually correct, topical and relevant for all readers. All articles published in Infant are subject to peer review in order to guarantee that all content meets the highest standards.

Topics planned for the February/March 2026 issue include:

• Strengthening organisational oversight of Neonatal Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Reflections on the development of a speciality competency and sign off tool for Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.
• Trends in pulse oximetry derived heart rate variations in healthy newborns in the first few days of life
• Using quality-assured integrated programs to teach neonatal practical skills
• Addressing Parental Attendance Challenges in Ward Rounds in a Level 2 Neonatal Unit through the Introduction of Virtual Ward Rounds: A Qualitative Study.
• Invasive Escherichia coli infection in infants under 3 months of age, a UK single-centre retrospective study 2016-2024: trends in incidence and antibiotic resistance