EBN Twitter Journal Club–Session 9

One often hears the anecdotes  about abuse of nurses from patients, families, co-workers and employers.  A recent study sought to determine the experience of nurses and midwives with aggressive behaviour and bullying. Of the 1495 returned questionnaires over half of the participants (52%) experienced some form of workplace aggression. Thirty-six percent experienced violence mostly from […]

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Sciatica part 3.

In my last blog on the 19th February 13 I described how my diagnosed sciatica led to an MRI and consequently the identification of a substantial prolapsed disc at L5-S1.At the time I was awaiting a surgical appointment with a view to possible lumbar discectomy but I was aware of the controversy surrounding the efficacy […]

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EBN Twitter Club #ebnjc – Session 7

The morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac surgery is commonly a consequence of pulmonary complications.  Improving lung function may reduce postoperative pulmonary complications.  While the benefit of postoperative physical therapy interventions is fairly well documented, there is a paucity of evidence in relation to the impact of preoperative physical therapy on postoperative pulmonary complications and […]

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