This was a fascinating insight into a number of different perspectives on autism in healthcare. This chat follows on from the previous blog. One of the first tweets into the chat was about how easy it is for someone described by healthcare professionals as ‘somewhere on the spectrum’ fell between the gaps when transitioning […]
Category: Child Health
Autism and healthcare: multiple perspectives
This blog accompanies a twitter chat on 19 June 8pm UK time. Joining a twitter chat is easy – use your usual provider and follow #ebnjc. Remember to insert #ebnjc in all your tweets for that. Autism is not one distinct ‘thing’: it is social construction that is often described in a neurobiological way and […]
Summary of Twitter Chat – A double burden: Managing long-term conditions and psychological distress in young people
The EBN Twitter Chat on Weds 3rd April was led by Dr Abbie Jordan (@drabbiejordan) and Sharon Bateman (@BatemanSharon) from the Centre for Pain Research at the University of Bath and Dr Line Caes (@linecaes) from the University of Stirling. The chat focused on exploring psychological distress in young people with long-term conditions. This Blog […]
A double burden: Managing long-term conditions and psychological distress in young people
This week’s EBN Twitter Chat on Weds 3rd April between 8-9 pm (UK time) will be led by Dr Abbie Jordan (@drabbiejordan) and Sharon Bateman (@BatemanSharon) from the University of Bath. The chat will focus on psychological distress in young people with long-term conditions. This Blog provides some context for the Chat. To join in the […]
Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity Evaluation Project
This week’s Blog is written by Dr Candice Pellett OBE, RN, DN, Queen’s Nurse,Project Manager, Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity. You can follow Candice on Twitter at @candpel. Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity (RDMCC) recently announced an educational partnership with Sheffield Hallam University to undertake an evaluation project to demonstrate the value and impact of 20 Roald Dahl specialist children’s […]
Meaning making And Generativity In Children and Young people with Life limiting conditions (MAGICYL)
This week’s EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday the 19th of September 8-9 pm (UK time) will be hosted by the MAGICYL team and will focus on dignity therapy and meaning-making activities for children and young people with life limiting conditions. Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account; if you do not already have […]
Developing an International Child and Family Centred Care Research Network
Last week was the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) 29th International Nursing Research Congress being held in Melbourne, Australia. We were delighted to be able to showcase our achievements since launching the recently established International Network of Child and Family Centred Care (INCFCC) at the conference. We launched the network in 2017 followingemail communications […]
Managing pain in children: developing a robust evidence base
Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Professor, Child Nursing, University of Leeds, UK Advances in our knowledge on the safe and effective use of analgesia in children have increased over the past decade. A recent EBN commentary that reviewed a randomised controlled trail on the effectiveness of oral morphine compared to ibuprofen administered at home for postoperative orthopaedic pain […]
The doctrine of acts and omissions, tested by parents and philosophers
Charlie Gard, Isaiah Haastrup and Alfie Evans have all been at the centre of high profile court battles between their parents and their NHS Trust to decide upon their future care. The death of a child is known to cause moral distress for everyone involved and in recent months when parents and their child’s carers […]
Can we use Social Media as a research tool to capture daily life experiences of young people with chronic pain?
This week’s EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday 4th April between 8-9 pm (UK time) is being led by Line Caes (@LineCaes), Unviersity of Stirling and Abbie Jones (@abbiejones86), PhD student at the University of Bath. This Blog provides some context for the Chat. You can contribute to the chat by adding #ebnjc to your tweets. […]