When is the evidence too old?

A few weeks ago, when submitting an abstract to a nursing conference, I was suddenly faced with a dilemma about age. Not my own age, but the age of evidence I was using to support my work. One key element of the submission criteria was to provide five research citations to support the abstract, and […]

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The Murky Real World

I am a professor at a university School of Nursing but I also continue to work part time as a nurse practitioner in a primary health care centre.  It’s important for me to practice for many reasons. I really enjoy the type of work and the pace of the clinic setting.  Additionally, I need to […]

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Reflections

My term as Associate Editor, Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) comes to an end this week. As I reflect over the last three years on the activities that we participate in as an Associate Editor – rating scientific abstracts for their rigor and relevance to nursing (those with the highest ratings are selected for a commentary […]

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Engaging and collaborating with children, young people and families

Well in my last blog I was preparing for two conferences, the 2nd Paediatric Nurses Association Europe Congress held in Glasgow, Scotland and the 7th International Shared Decision Making conference in Lima, Peru, and promised to share with you the debates and issues from these conferences. The conferences contrasted in relation to delegate backgrounds, focus, and […]

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To Tweet, or not to Tweet?

I attended a conference a few years ago where participant engagement was encouraged through Twitter.  Tweets that were sent to the conference group twitter site were simultaneously posted to screens around the conference venue.  In keeping with the spirit of the even, I opened a Twitter account. However, after the conference, I was only minimally […]

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Is leadership the key to implementing evidence into practice?

The importance of considering context when attempting to implement evidence into practice is becoming increasing apparent. Organisational culture (context) was found to influence the care provided in eight paediatric hospitals in Canada with contextual factors explaining many of the variations noted in practice (Estabrooks et al., 2011). A key element of the context is leadership. […]

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A renal conference to share evidence

  Date for the diary – Malmo, Sweden 31st August-3rd July 2013. A really good way of catching up with the latest evidence in an area of interest is to attend a conference. The 42nd European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) International Conference taking place in Malmö, Sweden, is coming closer […]

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Enhancing Access to Primary Health Care

Guest Blog By:  Jennifer Fournier RN(EC), BA, MHS Director, Capreol Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic in Capreol, Ontario, Canada I work as a Nurse Practitioner in Ontario, Canada. In recent years our provincial government has funded Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics. These clinics were the product of a local innovation designed to address the ongoing shortage of primary health care services […]

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