Last week I spent a couple of days in York, England exploring outcome measurement and valuation for Health Technology Assessment with academics from the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York. People attended from across the world and I sat beside colleagues from many countries including India, Ghana, Switzerland, Greece, Denmark, Spain and […]
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Why aren’t clinical guidelines used in practice?
The next EBN TWITTER journal chat will take place on Wednesday 25th June 8-9 pm (UK time) and focus on why clinical guidelines aren’t used in practice focusing on children’s pain management. Participating in the EBN Twitter Journal Chat To participate in the EBN twitter chat, if you do not already have one, you require […]
Nursing and the childhood obesity epidemic
Obesity has become an epidemic in the developing world. In the past 33 years the rates of overweight and obese have risen 28% in adults and 47% in children across the globe. This is an increase from 857 million people in 1980 to 2.1 billion people in 2013 http://bit.ly/1oOMvik. It’s a public health emergency. Countries […]
Family-centred care; an aspiration or reality?
The next EBN TWITTER journal chat will take place on Wednesday 11th June 8-9pm and focus on family-centred care. In order to participate in the EBN twitter chat, if you do not already have one, you require a Twitter account, you can create an account at www.twitter.com. Once you have an account contributing is straightforward; […]
The elevator pitch for midwifery care
A few days ago I was sitting on an aircraft on my way to the International Confederation of Midwives 30th Triennial Congress in Prague. In an effort to reduce my pre-flight anxiety, I was chatting to the person beside me, who happened to be the father of three young children, one of whom was only a […]
Understanding the emotional health and wellbeing of our Military Children and Young People
Paul Watson RN (mental health) Twitter @Paul_RMHN Recent conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan have seen British Armed Forces at war for over 12 years. The extreme length of combat operations has seen a growth in both governmental and public support for the ‘troops on the ground’. There has been a distinctive escalation in government […]
The physical health of individuals with serious mental illness Josephine Bardi (RMN), MSc Public Health candidate Twitter @JoBardi01
“The problem of physical health in individuals with severe mental illness remains a global public health concern” (World Psychiatric Association, 2009, p.1). Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) particularly those with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder are vulnerable to poorer physical health which results in higher rates of mortality and morbidity when compared to […]
Reducing Anti-Psychotic Medications for People Living with Dementia by Gary Mitchell RN MSc BSc
A few years ago I took up my first nursing post in a dementia care unit in Northern Ireland. The unit I worked in was very progressive and care was underpinned with up-to-date practices. Some examples included; specialist signage displayed around the unit that facilitated people with dementia in navigation to bathrooms, dining rooms […]
A mother’s experience of breastfeeding, by Lisa Ford, Twitter @asthehosptuRNs
As the mother of a 15-year old son and a new baby daughter of 10 weeks, I like to think that I’ve learned a thing or two about breastfeeding. Do I know it all? Nobody does. Even lactation consultants, doctors, and specialists are learning more and more every day. What I do know is what […]
Back to square one? Pain management in children
Jackie Vasey, Senior Lecturer Children’s Nursing, University of Huddersfield Effective pain management is a human right and health professionals have a responsibility to ensure that all children receive effective pain management (Twycross & Williams, in; Twycross, Dowden & Stinson, 2014). However, evidence suggests that effective pain management is lacking, with children continuing to experience moderate […]