By Roberta Heale Deputy Editor for Social Media EBN and Alicia Grooms, M.A., Volunteer Stacey E. Roles & Associates Psychotherapy Services As we enter World Mental Health Awareness Month, it’s almost surreal to look back on the year to date. Spring brought unexpected and momentous changes along with the most significant–the COVID 19 restrictions. Instead of […]
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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 […]
Health Care Professionals with Long Covid: Have they been forgotten?
This week’s Blog is written by our Editor-in-Chief Alison Twycross (@alitwy) and Dr Jake Suett, a staff grade doctor in Intensive Care, (@jakesuett) who both have suspected “Long Covid”. In the Blog they discuss what Long Covid is and discuss some of the employment related issues health care professionals may encounter. #CountLongCovid @EBNursingBMJ As of […]
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 […]
Evidence Based Practice in the Time of COVID… Back to Basics
Roberta Heale, Deputy Editor for Social Media for EBN, @robertaheale, @EBNuringBMJ The first blogs written for EBN in 2012 were about the use of evidence in practice. In fact, the inaugural blog described that although evidence-based nursing is the standard of our care, there are many barriers, some of which include difficulty finding, or lack […]
Clinical Research Delivery Teams and the Covid response: defining a new specialty
This week’s blog comes from Nicolas Aldridge, Lead Nurse for Research and Development at UHCW NHS Trust and a NIHR 70@70 Research Leader. He has worked in research for past 13 years and is passionate about increasing research opportunities for patients, and promoting a clinical career in research for nurses and midwives. The emergence and […]
Tips for Getting the Most of your Online Classroom Experience
Roberta Heale, Deputy Editor Evidence Based Nursing @robertaheale @EBNursingBMJ As summer draws to a close during this strangest of years, many nursing students and instructors are getting ready for the new academic year. It will most likely be quite different from other years with a great deal of content delivered online instead of face-to-face. I’ve […]
Resilience in nurses working in respiratory clinical areas during the COVID pandemic
In this week’s blog, Dr Nicola Roberts (@DrNRoberts) discusses some of the research that she and colleagues have been undertaking focussing on the resilience of nurses working in respiratory care during the COVID pandemic. Dr Nicola Roberts, is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK and her research looks at improving how […]