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Nursing

Practice change limits the possibilities. We should aim for practice evolution. It’s been a long time between episodes. I place all blame for this on Victoria Brazil and our Simulcast project. This return coincides with a refreshed and revised vision for Injectable Orange. Backed by a great, new editorial team, […]

Podcast Ep. 7 – O Captain! My Captain! – Leadership

This entry was posted in Podcasts and tagged Leadership Nursing on December 15, 2016 by Jesse Spurr

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

If you are a nurse working in any spectrum of the care pathway for the critically ill patient, SMACC is the conference for you. If you have just woken from a coma or stumbled into the world of the interwebs, below is a brief history and taste of things to […]

Thanks for the Craic, Now For DAS SMACC

This entry was posted in FOAM Social Media & Conferences and tagged #FOAM #smaccDUB Conference DASSMACC Nursing SMACC on September 6, 2016 by Jesse Spurr

This post is a collation of references and resource material from my second presentation in the inaugural Caboolture Redcliffe ICU Sepsis Workshop for nurses. The objective of this session was to work through critical appraisal of 5 prominent critical care trials with particular significance to our practice context. The completely […]

Clinical Trials Worth Knowing – CRICU Sepsis Nursing Workshop

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice and tagged Critical Appraisal Evidence Based Medicine Evidence based practi Nursing Research Sepsis on June 24, 2016 by Jesse Spurr

This post is a collation of references and resource material from my first presentation in the inaugural Caboolture Redcliffe ICU Sepsis Workshop for nurses. The objective of this talk was to provide an update on triage and screening for sepsis, the current International standards and how this filters into ongoing […]

Detecting Sepsis in 2016 – CRICU Sepsis Nursing Workshop

This entry was posted in Evidence-Based Practice and tagged Nursing Sepsis on June 21, 2016 by Jesse Spurr

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