On International Long Covid Awareness Day, we reflect on the challenges of living with Long Covid in relation to non-evidence based infection prevention and control guidelines, the difficulties accessing appropriate medical care, and the lack of support in place when returning to work. Dr Alison Twycross, Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing, talks to Dr Michaela Barnard, nurse and trustee at Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK.   Related links: Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK: https://shh-uk.org Editorial by Dr Evonne Curran: Evidenced-based infection prevention and contr ..read more

Today we discuss a study that describes associations between race/ethnicity, hospital of birth and ‘unexpected newborn complications’ in low-risk term neonates in New York City. Kristine Schmitz (1) and Lawrence Charles Kleinman (2) are the authors of a commentary published by EBN on that study. They tell Evidence-Based Nursing Associate Editor, Kerry Gaskin, how the quality of care in the hospital of delivery has a direct relation with more unexpected neonatal complications in black and hispanic infants. Read the commentary: Hospital Quality of Care and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Unexpe ..read more

In today's podcast, we discuss the results of an observational study that showed reduced alertness during working hours among eight-hour rotating-shift nurses. Evidence-Based Nursing Associate Editor, Kerry Gaskin, interviews Vittoria Sorice and Emma Russell, both from Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Their paper is available on the EBN website (https://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2022/04/06/ebnurs-2022-103518)and is a commentary on: Min A, Hong HC, Son S, et al, Alertness during working hours among eight-hour rotating-shift nurses: an observational study. J Nurs Scholar 202 ..read more

Living with Long Covid is a different experience for each person, and can have significant ramifications for their personal lives and careers. In this last podcast of a series about Long Covid, Dr Alison Twycross, Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing, hears from Alison Love(1), Lynn Biggerstaff(2) and Sue Campion(3). The EBN podcast series of three episodes on Long Covid is produced by Letícia Amorim and edited by Brian O'Toole. Please subscribe to the Evidence-Based Nursing podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the late ..read more

Returning to work as a nurse with Long Covid is thwart with difficulties in part due to its relapsing-remitting nature. Many nurses with Long Covid experience post-exertional malaise and symptom exacerbation if they push themselves and this may trigger a major relapse. This means that a return to work needs to be planned carefully. In this second podcast of a series about Long Covid, Dr Alison Twycross, Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing, speaks to two freelance consultants from Long Covid Work: Dr Clare Rayner, a consultant occupational physician, and Kirsty Stanley, Director, Occupati ..read more

In the first of a series of three episodes about Long Covid, Dr Roberta Heale, Associate Editor of Evidence-Based Nursing, speaks to Dr Elaine Maxwell, Nurse and author of two National Institute for Health Research reviews on evidence on Long COVID. They discuss the variance in reported Long COVID statistics, the impact of vaccinations, symptoms, and research efforts. Please subscribe to the Evidence-Based Nursing podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider l ..read more

In this podcast, Roberta Heale, Associate Editor of Evidence-Based Nursing, interviews Shaminder Singh, postdoctoral researcher, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Singh discusses the commentary he wrote titled "A short therapy program may reduce the risk of suicide reattempts by strengthening problem-focused coping among people with attempted suicide”, which is based on the research article: Gysin-Maillart A, Soravia L, Schwab S. Attempted suicide short intervention program influences coping among clients with a history of attempted suicide. J Affect Disord 2019 Read the commentary o ..read more

Associate Editor of EBN, David Barrett, University of Hull, UK, interviews Dr Nikolaos Efstathiou, lecturer in Nursing at the Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, about the Delphi technique in scientific research. Please read the related study: https://ebn.bmj.com/content/23/3/68 ..read more

In this podcast, Associate Editor of Evidence-Based Nursing, Lisa Kidd, talks to Laura Austin, who's a Registered Nurse/Midwife working in the Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia, and the author of a commentary on original, unpublished research based out of Melbourne. The aim of the research was to determine whether, within Australia, classification of hypertension within pregnancy should be adjusted to reflect the American College of Cardiology’s recent amendment to their guidelines. Read the commentary on the EBN’s website: https://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/24/ebnurs-2020-103274 ..read more

In this podcast, Associate Editor of EBN, David Barrett (University of Hull, UK), talks to Dr Aneesh Basheer (Departments of General Medicine and Medical Education, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, India) about sepsis bundles. They discuss a commentary titled “Patients with hospital-onset sepsis are less likely to receive sepsis bundle care than those with community-onset sepsis”, recently published by EBN - https://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/01/ebnurs-2020-103285 The commentary relates to Baghdadi JD, Wong MD, Uslan DZ et al. Adherence to the SEP-1 Sepsis Bundle in Hospital-O ..read more