Yesterday was graduation day for a wonderful group of future nursing and midwifery leaders in our school. We launched 92 new “Yale Nurses” from our Master of Science in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and PhD programs. As our students walked proudly across the stage, supported by the cheers of faculty, family and friends, […]
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#whywedoresearch
This week’s EBN Twitter Chat will be held on Wednesday the 18th of May between 8-9 pm (UK time) and will be hosted by Kelly Young who is the Children’s Theme Team Lead for the Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Research Network (@mrskellyyoung) and will focus on the #whywedoresearch campaign. Participating in the Twitter chat requires a […]
Advance care planning with people who have kidney failure
Peter O’Halloran, Lecturer, Queens University Belfast A couple of years ago I was discussing the demise of the Liverpool Care Pathway with colleagues in one of our local hospitals. We had just completed some research [1] exploring some of the reasons for the failure of the pathway – one of which was the difficulty clinicians […]
How do nurses use technology to enhance care?
This week’s EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday 4th May between 8-9 pm (UK time) will be hosted by Professor Alison Twycross (@alitwy) who is editor of EBN, and will be lead by Dr David Barrett (@barrett1972), associate editor EBN, from the University of Hull. Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account; if you […]
Introducing Inter-professional Simulation Education
Gail Anderson, Lead Midwife for Education, Queens University Belfast An inter-professional educational initiative was developed within the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery and Medicine. The collaborative aim was to provide interactive workshops focusing on the concepts of normal labour and birth to fourth year medical students and were led by final year midwifery students. […]
Creating tools to improve opportunities for shared decision making during pregnancy
My research in nursing and midwifery has been shaped by a firm belief that all people should have the opportunity to make informed and supported choices about their healthcare, using the best available evidence. I began my research career in the 1990s when I conducted an economic evaluation of a new midwifery early discharge program at […]
Health care management of advanced, irreversible chronic kidney
Helen Noble, Associate Editor EBN I am a researcher in health services research contributing to health care management of advanced, irreversible chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is evidenced by publications in leading international journals, leadership of successful funding bids, (most recently a multi-institutional NIHR study) and research awards. My research mainly focuses on people with […]
The challenges & rewards of combing teaching & learning, research & scholarly activity
Joanna Smith (@josmith175), Lecturer Children’s Nursing, University of Leeds & Associate Editor EBN I have worked in higher education for 15 years, and draw on over 15 years’ clinical experiences, primarily caring for children with complex needs to inform my teaching and research. I qualified as a registered general nurse in 1986, and registered children’s […]
Nurse academics rewards and challenges: undertaking research and scholarly activity
This week’s EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday 20th April between 8-9 pm (GMT) will be hosted by Professor Alison Twycross (@alitwy) who is editor of EBN and Dr Joanna Smith (@josmith175) one of the journal’s associate editors and will focus on the following question: What promotes and what stops nurse academics undertaking research & scholarly […]
Managing Pain in Children: Helping to Improve the Use of Evidence in Practice
Alison Twycross (@alitwy), Head of Department for Children’s Nursing and Professor of Children’s Nursing, London South Bank University I have been editor of Evidence Based Nursing since August 2010 and during that time I have worked with a team of associate editors to make the evidence to guide practice more accessible to nurses working in clinical practice. […]