As I write this Blog, RCN Congress is taking place and nursing is in the news in the UK for the right reasons. For example, a call for the safe staffing legislation in all four UK countries as well as highlighting the need to review how nurse education is funded to help address the current […]
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Fatigue in patients on haemodialysis, who cares?
Zakariya Al Naamani, PhD student, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast. Living with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and receiving haemodialysis treatment is a life challenging task. ESKD causes anaemia, electrolyte imbalances, uraemia and accumulation of waste products. Despite increased survival rates, patients who receive haemodialysis are required to adjust their life to […]
Summary of Twitter Chat – Action on Stroke Month: priorities in the management of, and research on, stroke.
The EBN Twitter chat on Wednesday 15th May was hosted by @EBNursingBMJ and Associate Editor, Lisa Kidd, as part of our special week of activities to mark Action on Stroke Month. The chat (#ebnjc) focussed on clinical priorities in the acute and longer-term management of stroke, how to involve and work with stroke survivors and […]
Involving the lived experience in research
In the fourth of our blogs for Action on Stroke month, Phil Collis, PPI Lead and “bloke with a stroke” shares his passion to ensure that the lived experience remains firmly at the heart of future stroke research and improvements in care. A bloke with a stroke… I became interested in health research following a […]
Bladder rehabilitation in stroke survivors: why don’t nurses do it?
In our fourth blog of the week, Jo Booth, Professor of Rehabilitation Nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University focusses on one of the longer-term issues that stroke survivors face; urinary incontinence and urges nurses to engage in supporting recovery of bladder function. Urinary incontinence after stroke Urinary incontinence (UI) affects around half of all acute stroke […]
Food for thought in acute stroke
In our third blog of the week for Action on Stroke Month, Trish Elder-Gracie, a Stroke Nurse Specialist in NHS Lothian shares her perspectives on current priorities in the acute management of stroke in the UK. Stroke medicine has changed exponentially since I was a wee student nurse over thirty years ago when we tucked […]
A work in progress
In our second blog of the week, Shani Shamah, who has had a stroke and now works as an Engagement and Involvement Specialist and a Stroke Advocate and Counsellor from London, describes her experiences and her current involvement in research related activities. Opening the door to the future… My life is still a work in […]
Treatment burden: the flip side for stroke survivors in a modern world.
In the first of our series of blogs to highlight Action on Stroke month, Dr Katie Gallacher, a clinical academic GP partner and Stroke Association Senior Clinical Fellow at the University of Glasgow discusses the issue of treatment burden for stroke survivors and their families. The hard work of living with a chronic […]
Action on Stroke Month: priorities in the management of, and research on, stroke.
Stroke is an acute event – caused by a sudden interruption in the blood flow to the brain – which requires emergency treatment, often followed by long-term treatments that facilitate recovery and prevent further stroke. The global incidence of stroke has been increasing over the past 25 years, particularly amongst younger people, and this is […]
Involving young people in decision-making about their long-term conditions: What nurses need to know
This week’s Blog is written by Niamh Adams (@niamhadams_) a journalism undergraduate student at the University of Sheffield. Niamh has her own Blog site. Go to http://www.niamhslife.com/ to read more. Making a young person feel heard when it comes to decision making is essential and even more so when it comes to their long-term condition. […]