Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing Care

Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, IDFCOINN is the Carol Kuser Loser Dean/Professor of the School of ­Nursing and Health Sciences at The College of New Jersey. Dr. Kenner received a ­bachelors of science in nursing from the University of Cincinnati and her master’s and doctorate in nursing from Indiana University. 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 200 journal articles and 40 textbooks. 

Leslie B. Altimier, DNP, RN, MSN, NE-BC, is the Regional Director of Neonatal Services at SSM Health: Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She received her BSN from Kent State University, MSN from the University of North Carolina, and DNP from Northeastern University in Boston, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in compassionate healthcare through Northeastern University in collaboration with the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare and the Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare. In her 30-year nursing career, she has specialized in neonatal and pediatric intensive care, and most recently, she is the Regional Director of Neonatal Services at SSM Health: Cardinal Glennon Children's & St. Mary’s Hospitals in St. Louis, MO.  

Marina V. Boykova, PhD, RN, FNAP is an associate professor of nursing in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Boykova received her Diploma in Nursing Practice from the School of Nursing #3, Saint ­Petersburg, Russia; a Certificate in Theory and Practice of Nurse Education, Medical College #1, Saint Petersburg, Russia; a Certificate in Theory and Practice of Nurse Education, Chester, United Kingdom; Bachelor of Science with Honours in Professional Practice (Nursing), ­University of Liverpool, Chester, United Kingdom; Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing, Novgorod ­University of Y. Mudrogo, Novgorod, Russia; Master of Science in Health Promotion (Distinction), University of Liverpool, Chester, United Kingdom; and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, ­Oklahoma. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, Council of International Neonatal Nurses (COINN), National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), National Academies of Practice (NAP), Eastern Nursing Research Society, and the American Nurses Association. She serves as a nonexecutive director for the Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN). She is a member of the COINN Research Committee, the World Health Organization (WHO) STAGE Midwifery Working Group on Transitioning to Midwifery Models of Care. She is a fellow in the National Academies of Practice (NAP). Dr. Boykova’s clinical background is neonatal intensive care nursing. Her research interests center on transition from hospital to home and to primary care for parents of preterm infants. She has published over 40 journal articles, over 20 book chapters, and co-edited three textbooks. She coauthored a policy brief on Reducing Preterm Births for the American Academy of Nursing.