In this weeks’ blog Hazel Cowls, Adult Nurse lecturer, University of Plymouth (Hazel.cowls@plymouth.ac.uk), highlights the use of the creative arts in nurse education. What is resilience?Resilience is recognised as the ability to ‘bounce back’ from adversity. Nursing literature suggests that there are three broad categories of resilience in nursing, these are wellbeing, social support, and […]
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Evidence-based Practice: Approach with caution?
This weeks’ blog is by Adam Ferner, Child Nursing Student, City St George’s, University of London (adam.ferner@citystgeorges.ac.uk), and considers some of the injustices around EBP. http://www.adamferner.com/ Evidence-based practice (EBP) is at the heart of modern healthcare. Certainly, there is much to recommend EBP, which involves the integration of the best evidence, clinical experience and patient […]
Should community nursing be a nursing field of its own?
This weeks’ blog is by Stephanie Reynolds, Senior Lecturer, MSc Nursing course lead, Birmingham City University (stephanie.reynolds@bcu.ac.uk) Having researched the background into community nursing , and specifically district nursing within pre-registration adult […]
Fostering a culture of research: Lessons from advisory sessions with nursing students
This weeks’ blog is by members of the Research and Innovation Hub: Dr Sharon Mutare (s.mutare@herts.ac.uk), Dr Rebecca Hadley (r.hadley3@herts.ac.uk) and Dr Lisa Whiting (all from the University of Hertfordshire) and Dr Phillip Smith and Fiona Smith (Heads of Research and Innovation, Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB). Improving diversity and representation in research participation […]
Caring for Nurses Strengthens Economies
To mark International Nurses Day 2025 on 12th May this blog written by our Editor-in-Chief, Dr Alison Twycross (@alitwy) reflects on how caring for nurses strengthens economies. All five EBN commentaries referred to in this blog are currently free to access by clicking here. Healthcare systems rely on nurses, not just to provide care, but […]
How could AI have an impact on the lives of people living with dementia?
This weeks’ blog is by Dr Catharine Jenkins, Associate Professor, Dementia Care, Birmingham City University (catharine.jenkins@bcu.ac.uk). This blog is the second in our theme focusing on artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI), like Evidence-Based Practice, uses previous knowledge to expand on, reframe and develop new ideas. In this blog, catharine.jenkins@bcu.ac.uk, interviews ChatGPT, and interrogates it as […]
“Time to talk”? How nurses can acknowledge and respond to men’s mental distress
The EBN blog this week is by Nathaniel Smith, (n.smith3@hull.ac.uk) Lecturer in Nursing, in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Hull, UK. Men and mental distress: Men’s presentation to healthcare services for their mental health is complex, and worthy of further attention. Mental health distress is a common experience, but it is […]
EBN’s Artificial Intelligence Theme: An Overview
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into the healthcare sector, including the field of nursing. Indeed, the UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, appears to think that AI is the solution to many of the UK’s economics woes. Given this, the latest EBN theme focuses on AI in healthcare looking at the pros and […]
Racism and nursing: where next after the summer riots?
This weeks’ blog is by Dr Jon Gorry, Head of Department for Social and Political Sciences Nottingham Trent University (jon.gorry@ntu.ac.uk ), and Dr Analisa Smythe, Nurse Researcher, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Visiting Fellow Nottingham Trent University (analisa.smythe@nhs.net) The far-right, anti-immigration riots of summer 2024 stand as the worst […]
A perspective on funding, doing and publishing qualitative research
This blog is written by Dr Analisa Smythe, Research Matron, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (analisa.smythe@nhs.net) and Dr Catharine Jenkins, Associate Professor, Dementia Care, Birmingham City University (catharine.jenkins@bcu.ac.uk ). IntroductionQualitative research is key to understanding participants’ experiences and insights, usually collected through focus groups and […]