Roberta Heale, Associate Editor EBN @robertaheale The World Health Organization has announced that 2020 will be the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. https://www.who.int/campaigns/year-of-the-nurse-and-the-midwife-2020 In their announcement, the WHO identified the vital role that nurses and midwives play in providing health care services in every part of the globe, stressing that ‘they are often the […]
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Mental Health Spotlight for EBN in 2020
During 2020, Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) will be focusing on mental health. Throughout the year we will be highlighting key issues relating to mental health and identifying relevant EBN content and other useful resources. Watch out for a year-long series of tweets (@EBNursingBMJ) and Facebook posts (BMJ for Nursing). A summary of the mental health […]
Unexpected advice from a brain injury survivor for nurses caring for us
This week’s Blog is written by Michelle Munt (@michelle_munt). Nurses up and down the country are the backbone to society. You help us recovery from an extraordinary range of conditions and injuries, including some extremely complicated ones. Brain injury has to be amongst the most challenging due to the spectrum of effects it can cause. […]
Young people taking responsibility for self-management of chronic conditions: when is the ideal time?
EBN’s next Twitter Chat: Wednesday, Dec 11 at 8pm UK time. Use the hashtag: #ebnjc Twitter Chat Lead: Dr. Line Caes Lecturer at the Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling. @linecaes Adolescence is a stage in development characterised by rapid changes in physical, cognitive, emotional and social functioning, which when combined […]
Building the evidence base for supported self-management – a shift in focus?!
In our blog this week, Dr Lisa Kidd, who is a Reader in Supported Self-Management at University of Glasgow and Associate Editor for Evidence Based Nursing, takes a look at the growing evidence base for supported self-management in people with long-term conditions and suggests ‘where next?’ for future researchers. Supported self-management is increasingly being recognised […]
Dementia and Pain Assessment: Nurse’s Crucial Role
By Roberta Heale, Associate Editor EBN @robertaheale @EBNursingBMJ I read an alarming study last week. The paper cited several aims, with an overarching goal to determine the quality of end-of-life care in nursing homes. A survey was given pre and post the delivery of educational seminars to 320 care staff from 22 residential care homes […]
Catching your breath… how do we help the “missing millions” who don’t know they have a respiratory condition?
Dr Nicola Roberts is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University in the UK and her research focuses on improving how we deliver care to those with respiratory disease. It is coming up to World COPD day this month (20th November) and I wanted to highlight the lack of recognition of respiratory disease. Respiratory disease […]
Out of Hours Triage: how do we use it effectively and appropriately?
The world in which we live is changing constantly at an alarming rate. Prior to working at NHS 24, I worked within the hospital setting within acute medicine; I had no insight into Out of Hours (OOH) care or how I accessed it. If I was unwell, I knew it would keep until I could […]
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 […]
Using knowledge translation strategies to improve the impact of research findings
Those of you who follow me on Twitter (@alitwy) and Facebook (Alison Twycross) will know that earlier this month I attended the Specialist Knowledge Translation Training at Sick Kids, Toronto run by Melanie Barwick (@MelanieBarwick) on behalf of @KidsinPain. (See https://bit.ly/2Jbsi87 for additional details about the course.) The course is intended to develop knowledge and […]