Roberta Heale, Deputy Editor for Social Media, EBN. @RobertaHeale. @EBNursingBMJ Throughout my career, I’ve practiced in a variety of hospital units as a registered nurse and then in several community health organizations as a nurse practitioner. Each new workplace has had its own unique culture, which was reflected in its rituals and traditions. These rituals were […]
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Disordered Eating – Food, lockdown and me
By Emily England, MSc Adult and Mental Health Student Nurse, Year 2 University of Southampton @emily_angila In this week’s blog Emily England reflects upon a specific mental health issue ‘disordered eating’; something that she has observed as significant and rising during the period of the pandemic, both in her practice in community settings and across […]
Learning Clinical Research Nursing During a Pandemic: reflections on the rapid development of an evidence-base for COVID-19
This week’s blog is written by Chris McParland (@chrismcpar), who is a PhD student at University of Glasgow and Clinical Research Nurse with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. In the blog, Chris talks about his recent experiences in moving to a full-time clinical research nurse role during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. I […]
Domestic Violence and Abuse In the Time of COVID
Dr. Parveen A. Ali, Senior Lecturer, Division of Nursing and Midwifery, Health Sciences School, The University of Sheffield Domestic Violence and Abuse encompasses a range of abuse and violence occurring within a domestic context in any form including child abuse, elder abuse and intimate partner violence. It is important to understand how COVID19 has affected […]
Being present in new ways: Nurses, technology and Covid-19
Dr David Barrett, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull; @barrett1972 Since the start of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on all areas of society – none more so than health and social care. Nurses and other professional groups have had to find innovative approaches to delivering care services in fast-changing conditions, during differing […]
It’s time to speak up: sexual safety on inpatient mental health units
By Haley Jackson, Research and Clinical Effectiveness Nurse, Humber Teaching Foundation NHS Trust, Email: haley.jackson@nhs.net, Twitter: @haleyj102 In my recent evidence and practice article1 I explored current practices around sexual safety in mental health inpatient services and discussed a need for change. People admitted to or working in hospital or care settings should be provided […]
All hands on deck? Clinical Educators supporting the front line during the COVID-19 pandemic
Vicky Williams is an Associate Director of Nursing for Education and Research at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust. Her role has professional responsibility for education, research, professional and practice development, advanced clinical practice and non-medical prescribing. Her clinical experience is in care of the elderly, clinical education and advanced clinical practice roles. She […]
Why haven’t we learned from past pandemics?
Amelia Swift (@nurseswift) is a senior lecturer in nursing at the University of Birmingham and an associate editor of Evidence Based Nursing. The world has experienced many devastating epidemics and pandemics in recent history. There have been three previous influenza pandemics in the 20th Century in 1918, 1957 and 1968. The 1918 pandemic caused the […]
Inequality of maternal morbidity in a global pandemic; a clear signal for urgent action
Data emerging from the last three months are highlighting that health inequalities prevail even in global pandemics. This appears to be as true regarding morbidity for pregnant women, as it is out-with a pandemic. Alongside the wider debates about COVID-19 and the observed disparity of impact by ethnicity, we should ensure maternal morbidity and mortality […]
Authentic Leadership
Catherine Best (@CBest_23) is a public health nurse and an Honorary Visiting Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Bradford, whose research focuses on health inequality. She is a member of the Phi Mu chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, and organisation that works to develop nurse leaders to improve healthcare everywhere. Catherine has written for […]