This EBN Spotlight introduces our new podcast (here) with Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan (Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago) and Dr Ben Parkinson (Deputy Editor, EBN). Kimberly is an expert on fuel poverty and health and has published widely on the topic (here). This podcast is an excellent opportunity to hear Kimberly share her knowledge on […]
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Exploring Ethnic Minority Bystander CPR: British Sikh Nurses’ #ReStartAHeart Campaign
Rohit Sagoo, Founder and Director, British Sikh Nurses , Community project with the Resuscitation Council UK highlights the importance of the #ReStartAHeart Campaign It is commonly known that the South Asian population have the highest risk of heart disease compared to other populations, and this increases the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests1. Coronary heart disease […]
Evidence Based Practice Through a Journal Club; How can we promote nursing practice?
By Mudhar Al Adawi, Senior Nurse, Nurse Researcher at Royal Hospital, Oman. Evidence-based practice (EBP) has become a global issue among health care providers due to improvements in the quality of health systems. Acquired knowledge from EBP helps to improve patient outcomes, guide clinical practice, and improve the quality of care for the healthcare consumer […]
Developing the future workforce through a fast – track process of entry into year two of BSc Mental health and Learning Disability Nursing; The ASPIRE project
This weeks’ blog is by Emma Dillon – Senior Lecturer Mental Health Nursing University Northampton, Emma Swain – Aspire and Level 4 Certificate Programme Lead at St Andrew’s Healthcare, Nicky Peasnell – Senior Lecturer Nursing University Northampton, Rachel Garner -Preceptorship and Clinical Placement Lead (and APEL module Lead) at St Andrew’s Healthcare and Tim Alexander […]
Attending the 5th Student Future Mental Health Nurse Conference 2023
By Shannon O’Rourke, 3rd year, BSc Nursing Studies (Mental Health) As a student mental health nurse, it is always good to meet other student nurses, and what better way than attending the Student Future Mental Health Nursing Conference in Sheffield (@FutureMHN_Conf). Fortunately, Glasgow Caledonian University funded for myself and another student nurse to attend. This […]
Nursing is high on the UK Stroke Agenda – conference round up from UK Stroke Forum 2023
This week’s blog sees the return of our conference roundup blog. This week, it’s a roundup from the UK Stroke Forum, 4-6th December 2023, Birmingham, UK. The UK Stroke Forum is the UK’s largest multidisciplinary conference for stroke professionals. It is held each year in a UK city, and this year saw the turn of […]
Advice for Creating Educational Podcasts for Nursing
In this blog Dr Amelia Swift (University of Birmingham) and Bronwyn Tarrant (University of Melbourne) talk about creating podcasts for nurses. Please follow them on social media @nurseswift @AdvinRes Podcasts are increasingly popular, which makes pedagogical podcasting tempting. It is relatively easy to make and publish a podcast, but just because you can do […]
Developing DIGNISPACE – a dignity therapy-based app protype for young people with life-limiting conditions
This week’s blog will briefly summarise the aims, scope and development of a Dignity Therapy-based app protype ‘DIGNISPACE’ for young people with life-limiting conditions. We are core members of the MAGICYL (Meaning making And Generativity In Children & Young people with Life limiting conditions) research team, with a shared […]
Transforming Healthcare and Higher Education with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This blog comes from Alwin Puthenpurakal, an experienced senior lecturer and researcher working at The University of Greenwich. @AlwinP13 @UniofGreenwich In September 2021, the UK’s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) unveiled the inaugural Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, charting a 10-year course to position the UK as a “global AI superpower”1. The […]
Leadership Development for All Nurses: The Time is Now
This weeks’ blog focuses on Leadership Development and is by Katarzyna (Kasia) Czabanowska, Prof, Dr @KatarzynaCzaba1, Emily McWhirter, PhD, RN @McWhirterEmily and Barbara Stilwell, PhD, MSC, FRCN, FAAN @bathebrit Nurses and midwives make up 50% of the world’s healthcare workforce but remain severely under-represented in senior leadership1. To address this longstanding concern, we have […]