For our second Journal Club we are going to have a tweet chat on a rapid review related to palliative care, community nursing and the covid-19 pandemic. Journal clubs are an easy way to engage with published literature in a relaxed and informal way. Participating in a journal club supports evidence-based practice, increases confidence in accessing research and contributes to revalidation/portfolio hours. There is no obligation to read the article before the chat but being familiar with it will improve our discussion. For this Journal Club we are going to take our discussion wider than the literature review and use it as an opportunity to reflect on the covid-19 pandemic and consider how we are feeling moving forward into winter.URL: https:/ ...

This #WeNurses tweetchat has been suggested by Erica Isherwood who is currently on a research secondment and is interested in doing some research in this field.  She is hoping that we can all learn some best practice from each other and although this subject has been discussed before we never seem to, as nurses, never get anywhere with it.  Erica states it would be great to see some real change and action in relation to  bullying and incivility in the workplaceHere are the questions that Erica has developed:Do you think bullying and incivility is an issue in the workplace - Why?What are you personally doing to tackle it?What interventions have you used - What's worked? What's not worked?Are you involved in any projects/groups in the workpla ...

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The NMC's The Code (2015) states that as nurses we must "Be accountable for your decisions to delegate tasks and duties to other people" The NMC have recently released a video on delegation - VIEW HERE       The video states that "most of the time, we remain accountable for the decisions made by the people we delegate to" however the video goes on to explain that this should not deter us from delegating.  As nurses we are simply unable to do everything ourselves, therefore we must know how to effectively and safely delegate. Barrow and Sharma (2020) identify the five rights of delegation:Right taskRight circumstanceRight personRight supervisionRight direction and communicationGiven that nursing is an immensely busy role with increasing pres ...

This tweetchat is part of a day long s-learning virtual workshop on "How to support staff, students & patients who are D/deaf" CLICK HERE to book onto this course or feel free to join in the tweetchat as a stand alone learning opportunity.  ...

REMEMBER: Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm   'All Our Health’ is call to action for all health and care professionals including student health and care professionals, to embed and extend prevention, health protection and promotion of wellbeing and resilience into practice. But why is it important that we understand prevention, protection and promotion as student health and care professionals? The NHS Long Term Plan, (2019) has a strong focus on prevention as a way to prevent poor health and to keep pe ...

Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem this year yet as a society we are often very reluctant to talk about mental health and wellbeing, and this can lead to people feeling ashamed, isolated and worthless.  (Time to Change 2020)Talking about mental health can really help to change lives and all health and care professionals have an important role in leading the way when it comes to mental health and well being. Wellbeing and mental health: Applying All O ...

Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm Smoking is not a lifestyle choice but a chronic relapsing condition needing treatment. This is recognised by the government's commitment for the NHS in England to become smokefree. Supporting smokers in contact with the healthcare system to quit is a prevention priority in the NHS Long Term Plan and every health and care professional has a role to play.    As a healthcare professional, you are best placed to motivate and support smokers on their quit journey. Smokers e ...

Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm In England nearly 7 million people are living with cardiovascular disease (CVD), it contributes to over a quarter of deaths each year and health and social care costs in England relating to CVD are estimated at £7.4 billion each year. (PHE 2020)CVD remains an important issue as it’s a contributor to mortality, morbidity and health inequalities and stalling of reductions in CVD mortality. This is costly to the individual, the NHS and wider system.The infographic below i ...

REMEMBER: Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm   'All Our Health’ is call to action for all health and care professionals including student health and care professionals, to embed and extend prevention, health protection and promotion of wellbeing and resilience into practice. But why is it important that we understand prevention, protection and promotion as student health and care professionals? The NHS Long Term Plan, (2019) has a strong focus on prevention as a way to prevent poor health and to keep pe ...

The background information to this tweetchat is in the form of a podcast ... simply click below to listen:   Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm  ...

Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem this year yet as a society we are often very reluctant to talk about mental health and wellbeing, and this can lead to people feeling ashamed, isolated and worthless.  (Time to Change 2020)Talking about mental health can really help to change lives and all health and care professionals have an important role in leading the way when it comes to mental health and well being. Wellbeing and mental health: Applying All O ...

Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm Smoking is not a lifestyle choice but a chronic relapsing condition needing treatment. This is recognised by the government's commitment for the NHS in England to become smokefree. Supporting smokers in contact with the healthcare system to quit is a prevention priority in the NHS Long Term Plan and every health and care professional has a role to play.    As a healthcare professional, you are best placed to motivate and support smokers on their quit journey. Smokers e ...

Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm In England nearly 7 million people are living with cardiovascular disease (CVD), it contributes to over a quarter of deaths each year and health and social care costs in England relating to CVD are estimated at £7.4 billion each year. (PHE 2020)CVD remains an important issue as it’s a contributor to mortality, morbidity and health inequalities and stalling of reductions in CVD mortality. This is costly to the individual, the NHS and wider system.The infographic below i ...

The background information to this tweetchat is in the form of a podcast ... simply click below to listen:   Tweetchat times will be split into three groups organised by birthday:Group A - January to April Birthdays take place from 6:00pm - 6:30pmGroup B - May to August Birthdays take place from 6:45pm - 7:15pmGroup C - September to December Birthdays take place from 7:30pm - 8:00pm  ...