By Roberta Heale, Associate Editor EBN, @robertaheale, @EBNursingBMJ A few months ago I blogged about taking courses in acupuncture. At that time, I promised to blog again about my experience in implementing acupuncture into my primary healthcare nurse practitioner practice. I had been frustrated by the lack of options for people with chronic pain and […]
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International Family Nursing Association
Kathleen A. Knafl, PhD, FAAN is Co-chair 12th International Family Nursing Conference, Treasurer Elect International Family Nursing Association, Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Formally incorporated in 2009, the International Family Nursing Association (IFNA), began as an group of international nurses who have met periodically […]
Family Nursing: Learning from each other across the globe
Dr Veronica Swallow PhD, MMedSci, RSCN, RGN is Associate Professor in Child, Young Person and Family Healthcare at the University of Leeds, UK, and the International Family Nursing Conference (IFNC) 12 Country Liaison Coordinator for Europe (except Portugal/Spain) Japan, South Africa and member of the IFNC12 Conference Planning Committee What is a family? Ideas about […]
A Birth Partner Checklist
Steve Hogarth, Senior Lecturer Midwifery, University of Huddersfield Having a baby in the UK is the safest it has ever been. However, women and babies are still being exposed to substantial and sometimes multiple avoidable harms, during labour and birth. Human factors, working culture, communication and teamwork are key themes associated with avoidable harm in […]
Effect of early clamping of the cord on neonatal circulation
Charlotte Kenyon, Senior Lecturer and Midwife, University of Huddersfield The Hungarian obstetrician and midwife Agnes Gereb said that you can measure the freedom of a country by its freedom to birth. Within the UK we are fortunate that despite the budgetary and staffing constraints currently being experienced across the National Health Service, there are still […]
Shell we talk about bones?
Matthew Carson – PhD student, Queens University Belfast In 1997 a pioneering study showed that bone formation could be stimulated in humans solely through injections of powdered nacre, or mother of pearl, derived from the shells of oysters. The findings of this work were exceptional but cannot be fully appreciated without first understanding the scale […]
Reality Check
Roberta Heale, EBN Associate Editor @robertaheale Tomorrow morning I’ll be going to an appointment with an orthopedic physician. Last week I twisted my ankle, fell and found out that I’d broken a chip off my right lateral malleolus. It’s been less than a week with a cast, but it’s been real eye-opening experience. At first […]
Nontechnical Skills, Cognition and Metacognition in Patient Safety
Dr Ian Walsh – Queen’s University Belfast, School of Medicine email: i.walsh@qub.ac.uk “Make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy…… for this we must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and guard against the growing into ways that are likely to be […]
Cardiovascular health is a global priority
Dean Patricia Davidson @nursingdean from John Hopkins University’s School of Nursing @JHUNursing will be leading this week’s EBN Twitter Chat (#ebnjc) on Wednesday 15th July between 8-9pm UK time (3pm-4pm EDT) focusing on cardiovascular health as a global priority. Participating in the Twitter Chat requires a Twitter account; if you do not already have one you can create […]
Mental Health Awareness week – A student led session exploring contemporary themes related to anxiety and depression
Paul Canning, Karen Galway, Jean Nugent, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queens University Belfast Year 2 BSc. Mental Health Nursing Student Volunteers Mental Health Awareness week is a national campaign promoted by the Mental Health Foundation that runs every year in the month of May. Queens University Belfast (QUB) Staff Wellbeing Team plan and […]