This week our EBN Blog Series has focused on Learning Disability with thought-provoking blogs from Professor Ruth Northway, on nursing older people with learning disabilities and Nurse Consultant Jonathan Beebee, on the future of learning disability nursing. Today we are delighted to share the student nurse perspective on learning disability nursing from student nurse Amy Wixey, a […]
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The Future of Learning Disability Nursing
Our EBN Blog Series on Learning Disability Nursing continues this today as Learning Disability Nurse Consultant, Jonathan Bee, considers the future of learning disability nursing. In case you missed out, check out our learning disability blog that was published on Monday by Professor Ruth Northway HERE […]
Older People and Learning Disabilities
This December EBN has been sharing inspiring blogs from across all the fields of nursing and midwifery practice. This week we are delighted to bring you three contributions from Learning Disability Nursing. Today’s blog comes from Professor Ruth Northway on the topic of meeting the needs of older people with learning disabilities. Remember to check out […]
A snapshot of nursing in Uganda
Marcus Wootton BSc (Hons) BN (Hons) RN (A) RN (C)Senior Lecturer at London South Bank offers an insightful snapshot of nursing in Uganda The learning day in Uganda starts in a large lecture theatre; the room is dimly lit with only two of the fourteen strip lights functioning, it isn’t cold but the sky is […]
Improving Care: One Small Step at a Time
Kirsten Huby, Lecturer in Children’s Nursing, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds @KirstenHuby As healthcare and patient needs change, so too must nursing and nurses to meet new and increasingly complex needs. The move to an all-graduate profession is critical to ensuring the nursing workforce is prepared to meet these new demands and challenges (RCN, […]
Focus on Children’s Nursing
Jo Smith @josmith175 As the year closes, this month at Evidence Based Nursing we have a dynamic series of blogs focusing on different fields of nursing practice. It is my pleasure, as both a children’s nurse and one of the Associate Editor of Evidence-Based Nursing, to introduce you to this weeks bloggers who are […]
World AIDS Day Dec 1: The Time To Act is Now
Roberta Heale Associate Editor EBN, @EBNursingBMJ; @robertaheale Tuesday, December 1 is World Aids Day and the theme this year is ‘The Time To Act Is Now.” Before I concentrate on the present, I find myself reflecting on the past. It’s difficult to remember a world without HIV and AIDS. I do remember the panic in […]
Parenting Children with Intellectual Disabilities
We are delighted to introduce Carole Beighton, EBN’s guest blogger this week. Carole Beighton is a multi-professional facilitator teaching at St Georges NHS Trust. She is an RGN and an RNLD and a part time doctoral research student from the School of Health and Social Care at London South Bank University. She is the parent […]
Person-Centred Care
On Wednesday 18th November (8pm-9pm GMT) we are delighted to host our final #ebnjc tweet-chat of the year on person-centred care in nursing and healthcare with Professor Brendan McCormack. Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account. If you do not already have one you can create an account at Twitter. Once you have an […]
Cadaveric donation: brain stem death
Oluwafunmilayo Ololade JAWONIYI, Helen NOBLE and Kevin GORMLEY. Queens University Belfast. The brain stem is situated at the base of the brain. It regulates most of the automatic functioning systems within the human body upon which life is contingent. These include breathing, maintenance of blood pressure, heartbeat, swallowing, conveying information to and from the brain […]