It’s week three of our #ebnjc December blog series which celebrates the inspiring contributions that nurses and midwives make across a variety of settings. Thus far we have celebrated children’s nursing with blogs from Jayne Pentin, Kirsten Huby & Marcus Wootton, as well as learning disability nursing with blogs from Professor Ruth Northway, Jonathan Beebee […]
Month: December 2015
A Student Nurse Experience of Learning Disability Nursing
This week our EBN Blog Series has focused on Learning Disability with thought-provoking blogs from Professor Ruth Northway, on nursing older people with learning disabilities and Nurse Consultant Jonathan Beebee, on the future of learning disability nursing. Today we are delighted to share the student nurse perspective on learning disability nursing from student nurse Amy Wixey, a […]
The Future of Learning Disability Nursing
Our EBN Blog Series on Learning Disability Nursing continues this today as Learning Disability Nurse Consultant, Jonathan Bee, considers the future of learning disability nursing. In case you missed out, check out our learning disability blog that was published on Monday by Professor Ruth Northway HERE […]
Older People and Learning Disabilities
This December EBN has been sharing inspiring blogs from across all the fields of nursing and midwifery practice. This week we are delighted to bring you three contributions from Learning Disability Nursing. Today’s blog comes from Professor Ruth Northway on the topic of meeting the needs of older people with learning disabilities. Remember to check out […]
A snapshot of nursing in Uganda
Marcus Wootton BSc (Hons) BN (Hons) RN (A) RN (C)Senior Lecturer at London South Bank offers an insightful snapshot of nursing in Uganda The learning day in Uganda starts in a large lecture theatre; the room is dimly lit with only two of the fourteen strip lights functioning, it isn’t cold but the sky is […]
Improving Care: One Small Step at a Time
Kirsten Huby, Lecturer in Children’s Nursing, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds @KirstenHuby As healthcare and patient needs change, so too must nursing and nurses to meet new and increasingly complex needs. The move to an all-graduate profession is critical to ensuring the nursing workforce is prepared to meet these new demands and challenges (RCN, […]
Focus on Children’s Nursing
Jo Smith @josmith175 As the year closes, this month at Evidence Based Nursing we have a dynamic series of blogs focusing on different fields of nursing practice. It is my pleasure, as both a children’s nurse and one of the Associate Editor of Evidence-Based Nursing, to introduce you to this weeks bloggers who are […]