This article for nurses, on venous leg ulcers, is one of a series of evidence reviews written by Sarah Chapman for the British Journal of Community Nursing
What can nurses do to help people stop smoking?
This Evidence for Everyday Nursing blog considers Cochrane evidence and the role of nurses in helping people stop smoking
Sex and asthma: could patients’ love lives hold the key to better asthma outcomes?
In this blog, Asthma UK’s Dr Andy Whittamore explores how talking about sex and asthma could result in better asthma self-care
Rules for the road to recovery: factors affecting the use of protocols for ventilation weaning in intensive care
In this blog for nurses, paediatrician and Cochrane UK Fellow Rufaro Ndokera looks at qualitative Cochrane evidence on the use of protocols for ventilation weaning and Charlotte Hill, an intensive care senior nurse, reflects on the evidence and practice.
Ventilated, oxygenated and oh so comfy: positioning preterm babies
This blog for nurses considers evidence and practice on optimal positioning for mechanically ventilated preterm babies
After hip fracture: how best to help people get back on their feet
Hip fracture is a common injury, but do we have reliable evidence to guide care and rehabilitation?
Everyday practice: tried, trusted and tested? Here’s why we need evidence
Established practices may be so familiar that they aren’t questioned. They should be. We consider this here in an area of everyday nursing practice, pressure ulcer management, but hope this will be read in the context of other areas of healthcare.
Antibiotics and antiseptics for wounds: evidence and ignorance
The poor state of the evidence on antibiotics and antiseptics for wounds.
There were twins in a bed and Cochrane said “no difference…”
Should premature twins be looked after in one cot in the neonatal nursery? Anna Sutherland blogs her own experience and Cochrane evidence
Dehydration: do we really know how to spot it?
Stop and think for a moment about the drinks you’ve had today, or this week (let’s stick with the...
Lapland is real: reflections on the landscape of healthcare social media
Some reflections on WeGetTogether #WGT16, where we discussed the present and future of social media in healthcare
Putting the ‘I’ into discharge planning
Individualized discharge planning probably shortens hospital stays, finds Cochrane evidence.