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For many Australian hospitals, April is ‘No Falls Month’. This month we have a full-scale education attack against one of the most prevalent forms of in hospital patient harm – the fall. In the consistent form of Injectable Orange we have a not so hidden curriculum – critical appraisal and […]

Can We Stop (Predict) The Drop? – April No Falls ...

This entry was posted in FOAM and tagged #FOAMed #FOANed Critical Appraisal Emergency Falls No Falls Month on April 5, 2017 by Jesse Spurr

This post captures some of the resources discussed in the ED Nurses Vent and Haemodynamic Monitoring workshop at Redcliffe Hospital. These resources are high quality FOAM and can help with expanding upon the learning and piqued curiosity from the workshop. Happy self-directed learning. Pro-tip on organising and capturing your CPD […]

ED Nurses Vent and Haemodynamics Workshop

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice FOAM Presentations Social Media & Conferences and tagged #FOAMed #FOANed ED Nurse Mechanical Ventilation NIV on February 22, 2017 by Jesse Spurr

There are many pressures in healthcare, all of which have an impact on people who work on the front lines. Resilience Challenge, a new interactive videogame, aims to raise awareness about these pressures. http://game.resiliencecentre.org.uk/ In the early 2000’s, Safer Healthcare Now and other initiatives were launched to improve the 10% error […]

Take the Resilience Challenge

This entry was posted in FOAM Nursing Professional and tagged #FOAMed #FOANed Emergency Resilience on February 15, 2017 by Jennifer Jackson

Evidence-based nursing. This is the focus of most of the modern nursing discourse (including this blog! Controversy ahead…). In all of nursing’s domains of practice, evidence-base is a hot topic, showing that we are up-to-date, safe, and professional. There’s just one problem. Being ‘evidence-based’ does not mean nursing is any […]

All About That Base? Why Nursing Needs More Than Evidence

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Professional and tagged #FOANed Evidence Based Practice Jennifer Jackson Nursing on October 25, 2016 by Jennifer Jackson

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

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