Convening the Global Nursing and Midwifery Workforces: A Report from the 5th Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference

Dr Billy Rosa, University of Pennsylvania & Dr Catherine Hannaway, Global Health Consultant, Catherine Hannway Associates Ltd. Before travel restrictions and social distancing requirements were implemented in the UK in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, roughly 280 nurses and midwives from 34 countries gathered in London in early March 2020 for the 5th Commonwealth Nurses […]

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Nursing: A Profession Without Borders

Catherine Best @CBest_23 Honorary Visiting Lecturer in Nursing University of Bradford Queen’s Nurse Chair Yorkshire and Humber Regional Board RCN Chair Communications Committee Sigma, Phi Mu (All England) Chapter Heather Henry @heatherhenry4 Queen’s Nurse Independent public health nurse and entrepreneur In July 2019 the Phi Mu (All-England) Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) held […]

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Changing Times – A Time to Reflect

Well it is the start of a New Year, and for many it is a time to reflect, evaluate work/life and embrace new opportunities. Reflection and the capacity for reflexivity are central to nursing practice because they inform clinical decisions leading to improvements in care and patient outcomes. Reflection is associated with developing nursing competence […]

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Leading Across Boundaries

Join the EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday the 3rdof October 2017, 8-9pm UK time which will focus on leading across the boundaries and will be hosted by Dr. Susan Hamer, Director of Nursing, Learning and Organisational Development, National Institute for Health Research(@OfficialNIHR, @dollyblue3) Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account; if you do not […]

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Safe medicine administration

Jayne Pentin, Professional Development Nurse Leeds Children’s Hospital Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Professor, Child Nursing, University of Leeds The UK Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for nursing include ensuring patients are safe (NMC, 2015), with the 2010 guidance on preparing and administering medicines, remaining unchanged  (NMC, 2010). Although the role of the nurse in relation […]

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Talking to women about urinary incontinence

Amy Hunter, Lecturer Adult Nursing, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds a.e.hunter1@leeds.ac.uk, @aeh_health Join our EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday the 18th of July 2018, 8-9pm UK time, which will focus on urinary incontinence. Participating in the chat requires a Twitter account; if you do not have one you can create an account at www.twitter.com. Once you have […]

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Patient Public Involvement in Research

  Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Professor Child Nursing, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, j.e.smith1@leeds.ac.uk Dr Alison Rodriguez, Lecturer Child and Family Health, Health School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, a.m.rodriguez@leeds.ac.uk Join our EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday the 4thof July 2018, 8-9pm UK time, which will focus the challenges & rewards of Patient Public Involvement […]

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Enhancing Nurses’ Competence in Providing Spiritual Care through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care (EPICC)

By Wilfred McSherry (Staffordshire University, England) Dr Linda Ross (University of South Wales, Wales)              Dr Tove Giske (VID Specialized University, Bergen, Norway) Dr Rene van Leeuwen (Christian University of Applied Sciences Viaa, Zwolle, Netherlands) Dr Tormod Kleiven (formerly Diakonova University College, now VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway) The late […]

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Reviewing the literature: the challenges

Joanna Smith, Associate Editor EBN (@josmith175) Helen Noble, Associate Editor EBN (@helnoble) Join EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday the 17th of January 2018, 8-9pm UK time, which will focus on the challenges of undertaking a literature review in healthcare. Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account; if you do not already have one […]

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Why become a blogger?

Joanna Smith, Associate Editor EBN (@josmith175) As the Internet developed and became a means for social engagement, particularly in the late 1990s, supported by an increased range and versability of software platforms, blogs (or web log -blog) have gained in popularity. Early blogs started primarily as online journals of diaries with ‘bloggers’ typically posting a monologue […]

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