Jacqui McGregor's OER Story: Neonatal Care Essentials for Nursing and Midwifery

‘Neonatal Care Essentials for Nursing and Midwifery’, published in 2025, is an openly published and first-in-Australia resource for student midwives and nurses. It aims to provide an entry level understanding of the role of the nurse/midwife in the neonatal environment and is uniquely structured around the key concepts of warm, sweet, pink, and calm. In this conversation, Jacqui shares her stories of creating the book, how it’s impacting students’ learning, and how it’s shaping her own teaching practice.

Guest bio: Jacqui McGregor is a long-time lecturer in Deakin’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. Jacqui is a dual registered Nurse and Midwife with extensive clinical experience and has both a Master of Advanced Nursing-Neonatal and a Post graduate qualification in Neonatal Intensive Care and Higher Education Teaching and Learning.

Links:

Access the OER via Deakin Open eBooks: https://deakin.pressbooks.pub/neonatalcareessentials/

View Jacqui McGregor at Deakin: https://experts.deakin.edu.au/63369-jacqui-mcgregor

Connect with Jacqui McGregor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-mcgregor-81b89334/

Find out more about this podcast: https://www.deakin.edu.au/library/teach/open-education/podcast

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.26187/deakin.30907220