{"id":1554,"date":"2018-12-24T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:22:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T11:22:23","slug":"christmas-greeting-from-ebn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/2018\/12\/24\/christmas-greeting-from-ebn\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Greeting from EBN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this Christmas Eve all at Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) wish you a happy festive period. Many nurses &amp; health services will be providing essential care &amp; support to people with health issues over the festive period, but we hope that many of you have a well-deserved break.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/files\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-18-at-08.21.33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1555\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/files\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-18-at-08.21.33-287x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, as in previous years, the challenges facing nursing &amp; healthcare have often dominated the news, typically focusing on the pressures of delivering care within global financial challenges, &amp; reports of more nurses leaving than joining the profession. Within the UK this year also celebrated 70 years of the National Health Service, a national &amp; very much treasured part of UK society. The Kings Fund have been undertaking some work to explore the complex relationship between the NHS and the public (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\/projects\/public-and-nhs\">https:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\/projects\/public-and-nhs<\/a>), and what people have the right to expect from a tax paying institution, a debate that will resonate within many countries. While the NHS is a UK institution, the envy of many countries, many thousands of nurses across the globe make a difference to people\u2019s lives every day in often volatile and challenging conditions. Our weekly blog is a testament to the passion &amp; diverse interests of nurses across the globe, with our guest bloggers raising a range of issues relevant to contemporary nursing practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Twitter Chat <\/strong>continues to provide a forum to debate nursing and health issuesoften responding quickly to current policy &amp; health directives. We are looking forward to restarting our\u00a0<strong>Twitter Chats in January 2019<\/strong>, beginning with the important issue of involving patients in pre-registration health professional education. The chat will take place on Wednesday the 16<sup>th<\/sup>of January 8-9pm; for more information follow us at @EBNursingBMJ or search for the EBN hashtag #ebnjc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our EBN Opinion <\/strong>seriesis going from strength to strength, which summarises out Twitter chats, and can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/pages\/collections\/ebn_opinion\/\">http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/pages\/collections\/ebn_opinion\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Research Made Simple series<\/strong>continues to be popular offering a concise summary of key issues in research methods &amp; their practical application; <a href=\"http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/pages\/collections\/ebn_research_made_simple\/\">http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/pages\/collections\/ebn_research_made_simple\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our latest articles focused on, <span style=\"color: #003366\"><em>Interpretive phenomenological analysis applied to healthcare research<\/em>,<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/content\/22\/1\/7.extract?etoc\">http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/content\/22\/1\/7.extract?etoc<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003366\"><em>How to appraise qualitative research,<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/content\/22\/1\/10.extract?etoc\">http:\/\/ebn.bmj.com\/content\/22\/1\/10.extract?etoc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, all that is left is to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year.<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this Christmas Eve all at Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) wish you a happy festive period. 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