Sexual and/or gender minority parents accessing healthcare for their children; it’s not new but we’re still not getting it right!

In this week’s blog Lucy Kelsall-Knight (Associate Professor Children’s Nursing at the University of Birmingham) talk about Sexual and/or gender minority parents accessing healthcare for their children. Family dynamics have changed over the last 20 years in the United Kingdom (UK) and it is now more common for parents to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]

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Faith-based nursing: Making Faith Community nursing inclusive

This weeks’ blog is from Rohit Sagoo, Founder and Director, British Sikh Nurses , Community project with the Resuscitation Council UK. Faith-based nursing is a phenomenon in the United States, yet it needs to be recognised in the United Kingdom1. Historically, nursing practice has been rooted in connection with culturally diverse faiths, spirituality, beliefs and […]

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Evidence Based Nursing is supporting the next generation of nurse editors

Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) is committed to supporting new editors and the editorial team has developed and launched a new innovative ‘Editorial Development Opportunity’ (EDO) for nurses. Dr Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi (Associate Editor; Lead for Diversity and Clinical Academic Careers) and Dr Ben Parkinson (Deputy Editor for Content) recently attended the 41st Annual Meeting of the International […]

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More action needed to reduce global maternal mortality

This week EBN’s Associate Editor Elizabeth Bailey summarises a recent report on global maternal mortality and considers drivers impacting progress in global maternal safety. In recent months, a report describing estimates of global maternity mortality rates was published jointly by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division [1]. The report entitled Trends in […]

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Professional nursing discussions essential to ensure safe, effective and non-discriminatory care.

Leanne Patrick RMN  Gender Based Violence Nurse Specialist @LeanneHPatrick I begin this blog with a sense of trepidation. It’s been just under two years since I co-authored a paper on academic freedom in nursing (The Culture Wars, nursing, and academic freedom – Darbyshire – 2020 – Journal of Advanced Nursing – Wiley Online Library) in […]

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Confronting Race Inequality with an Open Mind and Open Heart

Yvonne Coghill (@yvonnecoghill1) is the former Director of the Workforce Race Equality Standard in NHS London, and the former Deputy President of the Royal College of Nursing.  Amelia Swift (@nurseswift) was an Associate Editor of Evidence Based Nursing and is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Birmingham. They met to discuss race inequality […]

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Enhancing communication with patients from minority ethnic groups

Dr Gloria Likupe – Faculty of Health Science, University of Hull Communication is central to successful caring relationships and to effective team working. Listening is as important as what we say and do and essential for “no decision about me without me”. Communication is the key to a good workplace with benefits for those in […]

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Race, health and the Workforce Race Equality Standard

Race, health and the Workforce Race Equality Standard This week’s Blog is by Lena Abdu (@lenaabdu3), Lead for Improvement & Transformation Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, First Community Health and Care. As Black History Month 2019 draws to a close, a time when we celebrate the outstanding contributions people of African and Caribbean descent […]

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