Paula Gawthorpe, Nurse Lecturer, School of Health and Social Work, University of Hull As a nurse with a clinical background of working with patients and families at the end of life, I have long been fascinated by the concept of hope. What is it, how does it work, what does it do, and – pardon […]
Category: Adult Nursing
Evidence Based Approach to Prescribing for Pain Management
Roberta Heale, Associate Editor EBN @robertaheale @EBNursingBMJ A recent commentary in EBN (http://ebn.bmj.com/content/ebnurs/21/2/50.full.pdf) highlighted a research study by Chang et al. 1 which demonstrated that non-opioid analgesia is as effective as opioid medication in management of acute pain. This definitely flies in the face against the common perception that opioid medications are superior in acute […]
The unpopular patient in the intensive care unit
Angela Teece Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Leeds @Angela Teece My involvement in an EBN Twitter chat that discussed issues surrounding the use of restraint with agitated patients in critical care https://storify.com/josmith175/care-of-agitated-patients (Freeman and Teece, 2017), led to producing a poster for my School’s postgraduate research student conference. Whilst discussing the poster, I began […]
Personalised Care and Support Planning – easier said than done.
Gill Wilson – Lecturer in nursing, University of Hull The concept of personalised care and support planning has been championed in health policy as a means of achieving person-centred care for people with long-term conditions (LTCs) (Department of Health (DH), 2006; DH, 2008; Coulter et al., 2015). It is a collaborative approach that seeks to […]
Attitudes towards pressure ulcers
Join our next EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday the 15th of November 2017, 8-9pm UK time which will focus attitudes towards pressure ulcers, and will be hosted by Jimmy Choo Lecturer at School of Healthcare, University of Leeds (@jimmychoo72). Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account; if you do not already have one […]
Benefits of Nursing Autonomy
By Roberta Heale, Associate Editor EBN @robertaheale I spent a few days in hospital this past June. Other than the birth of my children, I’d never been hospitalized. Knowing how long and hard shift work is, as well as the pressures put on staff nurses in this day and age, I was apprehensive about what […]
Primary healthcare access for post-release prisoners
Claire Carswell, PhD candidate, October 2017, Queens University Belfast. Twitter chat on Wednesday 16th August 2017 between 8 pm and 9 pm (UK time) ‘Primary Healthcare access for post-release prisoners’ will focus on the barriers to primary healthcare faced by people on release from prison Everyone is welcome to participate in the Twitter chat, regardless […]
Using healthcare models to inform obesity interventions.
Emma McGleenan, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast. One in four adults are now obese and the Government has introduced several initiatives to combat this problem and its growing cost on NHS services. Examples of Government schemes include‘Nutrition Now’ https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-003284; laws on food labels https://www.food.gov.uk/science/allergy-intolerance/label/labelling-changes and advertisements aimed at decreasing one’s waist circumference […]
Beyond the Sleeping Pill: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Contributed by Roberta Heale, Associate Editor EBN, @robertaheale, @EBNursingBMJ There’s not a more frustrating than tossing and turning all night. However, between 30-50% of adults identify ongoing sleep disturbances. While restless sleep once in a while is a nuisance, insomnia is a different story. It can be a significant problem particularly with older adults who […]
International Council of Nurses Congress – Using Social Media to Engage with Nurses
Roberta Heale (@robertaheale) & Joanna Smith (@josmith175) Associate Editors, EBN We are presenting how Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) is using social media to engage with nurses at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress, being help at the end of May 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. Nurses across the globe will be exploring nurses’ roles in leading the […]