We have an interesting topic this month. Abdominal pain in adolescents, the root causes and use of the health care system as a result. The research findings demonstrated that it is common for British secondary school adolescents to have frequent abdominal pains. The pains are often linked to emotional symptoms, often due to stress. In […]
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To Tweet, or not to Tweet?
I attended a conference a few years ago where participant engagement was encouraged through Twitter. Tweets that were sent to the conference group twitter site were simultaneously posted to screens around the conference venue. In keeping with the spirit of the even, I opened a Twitter account. However, after the conference, I was only minimally […]
Athena’s gift: the value of wisdom and mentorship
This week guest blog is by Professor Annie Topping, Professor of Nursing and Director Centre for Health & Social Care Research, University of Huddersfield, UK Suddenly ‘mentorship’ seems to be in the air. There is a lot of chatter about the value of mentorship and schemes are proliferating such as the National Institute for Health […]
Is leadership the key to implementing evidence into practice?
The importance of considering context when attempting to implement evidence into practice is becoming increasing apparent. Organisational culture (context) was found to influence the care provided in eight paediatric hospitals in Canada with contextual factors explaining many of the variations noted in practice (Estabrooks et al., 2011). A key element of the context is leadership. […]
Online Journal Club Session 2
Venous leg ulcers are present in patients in almost every area of health care. Nurses require knowledge and skill in order to appropriately treat patients and their wounds. A recent Cochrane review highlighted research related to the care of venous leg ulcers. This review is the topic of discussion between EBNAssociate Editor Dr. Dorothy Forbes […]
A renal conference to share evidence
Date for the diary – Malmo, Sweden 31st August-3rd July 2013. A really good way of catching up with the latest evidence in an area of interest is to attend a conference. The 42nd European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association/European Renal Care Association (EDTNA/ERCA) International Conference taking place in Malmö, Sweden, is coming closer […]
Enhancing Access to Primary Health Care
Guest Blog By: Jennifer Fournier RN(EC), BA, MHS Director, Capreol Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic in Capreol, Ontario, Canada I work as a Nurse Practitioner in Ontario, Canada. In recent years our provincial government has funded Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics. These clinics were the product of a local innovation designed to address the ongoing shortage of primary health care services […]
Online Journal Club Session 1
The first Online Journal Club session deals with an important issue, which is not well understood: Self-harm. The research study and commentary explore self-harm episodes within inpatient psychiatric services. This study is very important because it is the first to focus solely on inpatient self-harm in a national healthcare system. The commentary offers insight into […]
When the evidence isn’t there ….
I am a nurse but now work as an academic with an interest in improving the care offered to patients with renal disease coming to the end of life. Some of these patients will have chosen to withdraw from dialysis when they feel the burden of treatment is unacceptable and no longer prolonging their quality […]
Nurse’s Intention to Leave
Nurses working in hospitals across the globe are experiencing unprecedented levels of responsibility, stress and burnout with increasing care demands and lowered staffing levels. Organizations and governments typically turn a deaf ear to issues raised by nurses and nursing groups. Nurses are often accused of lack of caring and compassion along with diminished quality of […]