Peter O’Halloran, Lecturer, Queens University Belfast A couple of years ago I was discussing the demise of the Liverpool Care Pathway with colleagues in one of our local hospitals. We had just completed some research [1] exploring some of the reasons for the failure of the pathway – one of which was the difficulty clinicians […]
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How do nurses use technology to enhance care?
This week’s EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday 4th May between 8-9 pm (UK time) will be hosted by Professor Alison Twycross (@alitwy) who is editor of EBN, and will be lead by Dr David Barrett (@barrett1972), associate editor EBN, from the University of Hull. Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account; if you […]
Introducing Inter-professional Simulation Education
Gail Anderson, Lead Midwife for Education, Queens University Belfast An inter-professional educational initiative was developed within the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery and Medicine. The collaborative aim was to provide interactive workshops focusing on the concepts of normal labour and birth to fourth year medical students and were led by final year midwifery students. […]
Creating tools to improve opportunities for shared decision making during pregnancy
My research in nursing and midwifery has been shaped by a firm belief that all people should have the opportunity to make informed and supported choices about their healthcare, using the best available evidence. I began my research career in the 1990s when I conducted an economic evaluation of a new midwifery early discharge program at […]
The challenges & rewards of combing teaching & learning, research & scholarly activity
Joanna Smith (@josmith175), Lecturer Children’s Nursing, University of Leeds & Associate Editor EBN I have worked in higher education for 15 years, and draw on over 15 years’ clinical experiences, primarily caring for children with complex needs to inform my teaching and research. I qualified as a registered general nurse in 1986, and registered children’s […]
EBN Spotlighting the Editorial Team
This week at Evidenced Based Nursing we are spotlighting on the editorial team, watch out for our series of blogs and join in the Twitter chat: Alison Twycross will emphasis the need to improve the use of evidence in practice when managing pain in children; Roberta Heale will focus on the importance of undertaking research […]
Helping patients make decisions: a two-way approach
Sarah Hallahan & Dr Helen Noble, Belfast City Hospital and Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Sarah Hallahan The involvement of patients in decision making is a principle of the National Health Service (NHS) Constitution, which emphasises how patients play a key role in managing their own health and should be actively supported by the NHS to […]
Beat Diabetes: WHO World Health Day, April 7, 2016
@RobertaHeale Associate Editor EBN Every year on April 7, the birthday of the World Health Organization, the organization highlights a global public health concern. In 2016, the theme is diabetes. The organization explains why this in an important theme on their website:http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2016/how-to-get-involved/en/ I can’t imagine meeting anyone in health care who hasn’t had to work […]
Life-long learning is at the core of evidence based nursing
For the last 21 years I have had the honor of teaching Maternal-Newborn Nursing to pre-licensure nurses, firstly in Australia, and now in the United States. As a midwife I have always seen it is a wonderful opportunity to lay important foundations based on a midwifery philosophy, for all nursing students. Even though some pre-licensure […]
World Kidney Day 2016
Dr Helen Noble, Queens University Belfast and Sarah Hallahan, Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland. Kidney problems are common. And the number of people with serious kidney problems, such as kidney disease is growing. World Kidney Day (WKD occurs annually on the 2nd Thursday in March. See; www.worldkidneyday.co.uk. On this day kidney charities, staff and patients organise events […]