{"id":654,"date":"2015-04-27T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/?p=654"},"modified":"2015-04-22T21:17:04","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T21:17:04","slug":"accessing-using-evidence-to-underpin-the-care-when-working-with-children-young-people-families-by-alison-twycross-and-jo-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/2015\/04\/27\/accessing-using-evidence-to-underpin-the-care-when-working-with-children-young-people-families-by-alison-twycross-and-jo-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessing &amp; using evidence to underpin the care when working with children, young people &amp; families by Alison Twycross and Jo Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence-based nursing has been defined as the \u2018process by which evidence, nursing theory, and clinical expertise are critically evaluated and considered, in conjunction with patient involvement, to provide the delivery of optimum nursing care\u2019 (Scott &amp; McSherry, 2009, p 1089). In an increasingly digital environment, the richness and complexity, range and quantity of evidence on which to base practice sometimes results in information overload. The journal of <strong>Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) <\/strong>supports nurses to access research studies and reviews that report important advances relevant to best nursing practice, through the publication of commentaries that not only summarise research but offer a critique of the it by an expert in the area. The commentary authors highlight implications for research and implications for clinical practice.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, EBN offers a range of opportunities for nurses to engage in debates about contemporary issues in nursing through our Blogs and Twitter chats, facebook pages and podcasts &#8211; access <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebn.bmj.com\/\">www.ebn.bmj.com<\/a> for more details of these activities. Each month EBN has a theme, and in May, we will be focussing on child health issues. The current issue of EBN (April 2015) has a range of commentaries on topic child health issues including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nut allergy;<\/li>\n<li>Links between parent health literacy and obesity;<\/li>\n<li>Parents\u2019 perceptions of their child\u2019s weight;<\/li>\n<li>Increased BMI and behavioural problems in children;<\/li>\n<li>Support for toddlers of low income families and improvements in child development;<\/li>\n<li>Reducing anxiety in children undergoing elective surgery;<\/li>\n<li>Preparing adoptive parents to live with a child with reactive attachment disorder;<\/li>\n<li>Adherence to antiepileptic drugs in children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As children\u2019s nurses and researchers we believe that children\u2019s nurses must underpin care with the best available evidence. In May our Twitter chats will be focussing on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday <strong>6th of May<\/strong> between 8-9pm UK time, \u2018managing children\u2019s vaccination pain\u2019. This Twitter chat will be co-hosted by Dr Christine Chambers (@DrCChambers) and Dr Denise Harrison (@dharrisoncheo) from Canada who undertaken a significant amount of work in this area;<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday <strong>20th of May<\/strong> between 8-9pm UK time, \u2018The Shape of Caring Review and implications for the training and education of children\u2019s nurses\u2019. For this chat we will be joined by Fiona Smith, RCN Professional Lead &#8211; Children and Young People (@FionaSmithRCN) and Kath Evans, Children&#8217;s Nurse, Head of<br \/>\nPatient Experience, NHS England (@KathEvans2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To participate in the Twitter chat you need to have a Twitter account. If you do not already have one you can create an account at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/\">www.twitter.com<\/a>. Once you have an account contributing is straightforward:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the discussion by searching links to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#ebnjc\">#ebnjc<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EBNursingBMJ\">@EBNursingBMJ<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Create a tweet (tweets are text messages limited to 140 characters) to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/EBNursingBMJ\">@EBNursingBMJ<\/a> and add <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#ebnjc\">#ebnjc<\/a> (the EBN chat hash tag) at the end of your tweet &#8211; this allows everyone taking part to view your tweets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This week (28<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; 30<sup>th<\/sup> April) is the first joint Royal College of Nursing Children and Young People\u2019s conference and Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health conference focussing on &#8216;Advocating for children in a rapidly changing world&#8217;, and offers an exciting programme including a wide range of symposia and workshops, keynote speakers from diverse professional background, updates on key clinical issues, and the latest evidence to inform practice. Throughout the conference Alison (@alitwy) and Jo (@josmith175) will be tweeting key messages and issues relevant to the EBN readers. Please join in and let us know what you think are the important messages from the conference adding <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#ebnjc\">#ebnjc<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> to your Tweets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Further reading:<\/p>\n<p>Scott K, McSherry R. Evidence-based nursing: clarifying the concepts for nurses in practice. <em>Nursing in Critical Care,<\/em> 2009: 3; 67-71 p 1089.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Alison Twycross<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Head of Department for Children\u2019s Nursing and Reader in Children\u2019s Pain Management, London South Bank University Editor: Evidence e Based Nursing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:a.twycross@lsbu.ac.uk\">a.twycross@lsbu.ac.uk<\/a>, @alitwy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Joanna Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Senior Lecturer Children\u2019s Nursing, School of H&amp;H Sciences, Divsion Maternal &amp; Child Health, University of Huddersfield Associate Editor: Evidence Based Nursing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:j.e.smith@hud.ac.uk\">j.e.smith@hud.ac.uk<\/a>, @josmith175<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence-based nursing has been defined as the \u2018process by which evidence, nursing theory, and clinical expertise are critically evaluated and considered, in conjunction with patient involvement, to provide the delivery of optimum nursing care\u2019 (Scott &amp; McSherry, 2009, p 1089). 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