Ebn Podcast

Welcome to the 8th #ebnjc podcast, this month’s topic is health promotion. Dr Helen Noble, Lecturer Health Services Research, Queens University Belfast and Associate Editor, Evidence Based Nursing, explores a recent EBN commentary, on people living with and beyond cancer and current exercise recommendations. The discussion is designed to help you think about issues raised in the commentary and explore the clinical applicability of the original research discussed. Dr Noble discusses with Dr Denise Spector, Duke University Medical Center, some of the issues raised in Bourke et al's systematic review. Dr Spector reflects on the work, critically exploring the findings, and offering her thoughts on the implications for practice. Read the commentary: http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2014/02/14/eb-2013-101635.full Read the original research: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24065550?dopt=Abstract

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this session, Dr Nicolas Stettler, Managing Consultant at the Levin Group, Falls Church, Virginia, will discuss issues raised in his commentary ‘excess weight gain in the first 18 months of life is associated with later childhood overweight, obesity and greater arterial wall thickness’. He reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy. Read the commentary: http://goo.gl/Zm3dPi Read the original research: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23713097

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr. Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this session, Professor Brian Boutwell, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, will discuss issues raised in his commentary on a study that explored child-spanking and the impact on externalising behaviour and cognitive development in later childhood. As an expert in the field, Professor Boutwell reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy. Read the commentary http://goo.gl/4gv07D Read the original research article http://goo.gl/Yt8XVN

Welcome to the third #ebnjc podcast, this month’s topic is midwifery. Dr Allison Shorten, Associate Editor, will explore a recent commentary in EBN on midwifery with the commentary author. The discussion is designed to help you think about issues raised in the commentary and explore the clinical applicability of the original research discussed. In this podcast, Dr Judith Herman, from the University of Delaware, USA, will discuss with Dr Shorten some of the issues raised in her commentary concerned with a study that focused on the effect of abuse and neglect on rates of pregnancy in teenagers. Dr Herrman reflects on the study and critically explores the findings offering her thoughts on the implications for practice. Read the articles: Commentary - Adolescent girls who experience abuse or neglect are at an increased risk of teen pregnancy http://goo.gl/e3Vg2Q) Original research article - Teen birth rates in sexually abused and neglected females http://goo.gl/MtovE2

Welcome to the second #ebnjc podcast, this month’s topic is Women’s Health. Dr Allison Shorten, Associate Editor, will explore a recent commentary in EBN on Women’s Health with the commentary author. The discussion is designed to help you think about issues raised in the commentary and explores the clinical applicability of the original research discussed. In this podcast, Dr Michael O’Hara, from The University of Iowa in the USA, discusses with Dr Shorten some of the issues raised in his commentary concerned with interventions to reduce the risk of postnatal depression. Dr O’Hara reflects on a recent review of interventions and critically explores the findings offering his thoughts on the implications for policy and practice. Read the commentary: http://goo.gl/y2s57Z Read the original research: http://goo.gl/3EujJk

Welcome to the first EBNJC podcast, this month’s topic is Adult Nursing. Dr Helen Noble, Associate Editor, Evidence Based Nursing, will be exploring a commentary from the journal written by invited guest Dr Stephanie Thompson, from the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta, Canada. The podcast discussions are intended to help you think about matters raised in the commentary, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. Dr Thompson will discuss her commentary which critiqued a cross-sectional observational study aimed at examining sleep quality in chronic haemodialyzed patients in relation to morning-shift dialysis. She stresses that assessment of sleep quality, with attention to disease and treatment-related factors should be incorporated into the routine care of haemodialysis patients. Importantly Dr Thompson draws on her own experiences and reflects on the relevance of the study to practice and policy. Read the full commentary: ebnurs-2013-101673 - People receivin

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this edition, Dr Dennis Scolnik, who is affiliated with Divisions of Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology Toxicology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada, will discuss issues raised in his commentary on a study that examined the effects of the application of lidocaine–epinephrine–tetracaine (LET) prior to wound closure using adhesive glue. As an expert in the field, Dr Scolnik reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy. Read the full commentary here: bit.ly/1m5bY3v And the research paper here: bit.ly/1eBTfKd

In this EBN podcast Dr Calvin Moorley, EBN associate editor and senior lecturer in public health at the University of East London, talks to Professor Amanda Henderson, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland, Australia. Professor Henderson discusses her commentary for EBN on a study by Nancy Matthew-Maich and colleagues: 'Supporting the uptake of Nursing Guidelines: what you really need to know to move Nursing guidelines into Practice'. Read the full commentary here: bit.ly/1dB1Cd9

Welcome to this EBN podcast where Dr Allison Shorten, Associate Editor, will explore a recent commentary in EBN with the commentary author. The discussion is designed to help you think about issues raised in the commentary and explores the clinical applicability of the original research discussed. In this podcast, Dr Deborah Capaldi, from Oregon Social Learning Centre, in Eugene Oregon in the USA will discuss with Dr Shorten some of the issues raised in her commentary concerned with a study that focused on the cumulative effect of childhood maltreatment and depression in mothers and the subsequent maltreatment experienced by their children. Dr Capaldi reflects on the study and critically explores the findings offering her thoughts on the implications for practice. Offspring of mothers who had antenatal depression and experienced maltreatment in childhood more likely to experience child maltreatment themselves bit.ly/1aYWAjf

Welcome to this EBN podcast where Dr Helen Noble, Associate Editor, will explore a recent commentary in EBN with the commentary author. The discussion is designed to help you think about issues raised in the commentary and explores the clinical applicability of the original research discussed. In this podcast, Dr Jeffrey Albaugh, from NorthShore University HealthCare, in, Chicago, USA will discuss with Dr Noble some of the issues raised in his commentary concerned with a study that focused on quality of life in years 1, 2 and 3 after prostate cancer diagnosis (see link to original article below). Dr Albaugh reflects on the study and critically explores the findings offering his thoughts on the implications for practice. Commentary article: Jakobsson L, Persson L, Lundqvist P. Daily life and life quality 3 years following prostate cancer treatment. BMC Nurs 2013;12:11. http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2013/07/12/eb-2013-101420.full

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr Joanna Smith, Associate Editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this session, Dr John Rosen, MD, who is affiliated with the department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas, United States, will discuss the issues raised in his commentary on a study that investigated abdominal pain prevalence, characteristics, and associated health care utilisation in a British adolescent cohort (see link to original article below). As an expert in the field, Dr Rosen reflects on the study reviewed, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy. Commentary article: British secondary school students report frequent abdominal pain with associated physical and emotional symptoms http://goo

Welcome to the EBN podcast. Dr Dorothy Forbes, associate editor, will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this session, Dr Carolina Weller, who is affiliated with the department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, will discuss the issues raised in her commentary on a Cochrane review that examined the effectiveness of compression for venous leg ulcers (see link to original article below). As an expert in the field, Dr Weller reflects on the review undertaken, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy. Commentary: ebnurs-2012-101201 - Compression improves healing of venous leg ulcers compared to no compression, with differences between different compression systems http://bit.ly/178QJIj Original research article: O'Meara S, Cu

Welcome to the latest in a series of podcast from EBN, where we take a closer look at commentaries from the journal. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. For the first time this month the EBN journal club is linked to the podcast. Go to http://blogs.bmj.com/ebn/ebn-online-journal-club to find out how to join in and discuss this issue further. In this podcast you hear what Dr Peter Mills, 
of the VA National Center for Patient Safety in Vermont, has to say about self-harm among inpatients in psychiatric hospitals in the UK. As an expert in the field, Peter reflects on the findings of a study that has explored this area for the first time, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used to improve practice.

Welcome to the third podcast from EBN. Dr. Dorothy Forbes, associate editor will be taking a closer look at a commentary from the journal with an invited guest. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this session, Dr Ann Kolanowski, author of the commentary and director, Hartford Centre of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, Pennsylvania State University, will discuss the issues raised in her commentary on a systematic review of community-based non-pharmacological interventions for managing the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. As an expert in the field, Dr. Kolanowski reflects on the systematic review undertaken, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice and policy. Dr Kolanowski's commentary http://ebn.bmj.com/content/16/2/67.full Original research article: Henry Brodaty and Caroline Arasaratnam. (2012). Meta-analysis of Non-pharmacological Interventi

Welcome to the second in a series of podcasts from EBN, where we take a closer look at some of the issues raised in recent commentaries published in the journal. These discussions are designed to help you reflect on the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this edition we hear what Brett Thombs, William Dawson Scholar and associate professor from the Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Canada, has to say about depression screening in patients with cardiac disease. As an expert in the field, Brett discusses a research article which identified a high percentage of cardiac patients at risk for depression. He reflects on the implications for practice of these findings and identifies further research needed in this area. See also: A depression screening tool finds that 54% of acute cardiac patients are at risk of depression; use of the tool improves documentation and referral - http://bit.ly/1354rxA

Welcome to this first in a series of podcast from EBN, where we 'll be taking a closer look at commentar ies from the journal. These discussions are designed to help you think about issues raised in the article, as well as the clinical applicability of the original research paper. In this edition hear what Dr Sherry Hamby, from the University of the South in Tennessee, has to say about patterns of victimisation among children with disabilities. As an expert in the field, Sherry reflects on a meta-analysis undertaken in the area, and offers insightful comments and ideas that can be used in practice. See also: Essential information about patterns of victimisation among children with disabilities http://tinyurl.com/bwheqel