Evidence-Based Practice

Editor’s note (Jesse Spurr): This summary explains Jennifer’s research study for her Master’s thesis, where she set out to learn how critical care nurses become resilient. You can read the entire thesis here, watch a short YouTube video here, or a detailed YouTube video summary here. I see the effects of burnout and, conversely, the protective shroud […]

Managing Exposure: Resilience in ICU

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Professional and tagged #FOANed Critical Care evidence based nursing ICU Nursing Resilience on February 25, 2016 by Jesse Spurr

In my role as Clinical Nurse Consultant in Intensive Care I have to regularly review the things we do in daily practice against the best available evidence. Unfortunately, due to the processes and politics of many organisations, there is significant duplication in clinical practice guidelines. One of the most frequent […]

EBP and Consensus Guidelines for ICU

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice and tagged #FOAMed #FOANed Evidence Based Practice on February 5, 2016 by Jesse Spurr

Editor’s Note: In a second installment from newly appointed Associate Editor and author, Wayne Varndell presents a snapshot of a current political and social priority and how it relates to those working in Emergency Care. Periodically the Australian Emergency Nursing Journal intend to release a number of “Hot Topic” publications […]

Domestic Violence and the ED: AENJ Hot Topic #FOANed

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice and tagged #FOANed Domestic Violence Emergency Nursing on December 11, 2015 by Jennifer Jackson

Editor’s note: Of late I have spent an increasing amount of time searching for quality, accessible, nurse driven open access content. Two things have struck me: 1) there are a huge number of nursing blogs that have had no new content for 2-5 years; and 2) We are not advancing […]

#FOANed From Australian Emergency Nursing Journal

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice and tagged #FOANed AENJ evidence based nursing on December 8, 2015 by Jesse Spurr

Follow @united_medicine on Twitter Editor: This post hosts an open letter of sorts to spread the word about an ambitious and inspired project that looks to build a forum for knowledge translation in medicine. Very quick and easy to register and completely free. In many ways my initial observations are […]