Complex clinical challenges faced by nurses and midwives need complex solutions that require an understanding of how different individuals experience and make sense of a shared situation or scenario. In this podcast, we delve into the use of a particular research approach called Phenomenography; a qualitative approach that aims to uncover the nuances of the similarities and differences of groups of people with a shared experience.

Deputy editor of EBN, Professor Lisa Kidd, interviews Dr Kaye Rolls, Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Read the paper: https://ebn.bmj.com/content/26/4/129 

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On International Long Covid Awareness Day, we reflect on the challenges of living with Long Covid in relation to non-evidence based infection prevention and control guidelines, the difficulties accessing appropriate medical care, and the lack of support in place when returning to work. Dr Alison Twycross, Editor in Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing, talks to Dr Michaela Barnard, nurse and trustee at Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK.

Related links:

Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK: https://shh-uk.org

Editorial by Dr Evonne Curran: Evidenced-based infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines: are just not evidenced-based

https://ebn.bmj.com/content/26/2/45

Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) (2022) Long Covid and Returning to Work: What works? 

https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Help/RCN-advice/long-covid

RCN supporting staff with Long Covid: 

https://www.rcn.org.uk/COVID-19/Supporting-staff-who-are-living-with-long-COVID?fbclid=IwAR2RmRy2QxfBCnoToMgpQvwIc_257zZNAV0gnSP5ZIgSTZcoK3_eDR0F970

SOM Long Covid – A Manager’s Guide: 

https://www.som.org.uk/sites/som.org.uk/files/SOM_Long_COVID_A_Manager%27s_Guide_Feb_2024.pdf

RCEM Report - Infection Prevential and Control:

https://rcem.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Infection_Prevention_Control_QIP_National_Report_2022_23.pdf

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Dr. Ben Parkinson, EBN Associate Editor, speaks with Dr. Kimberley C. O'Sullivan (1) about her commentary titled, "Becoming unable to afford adequate home heating is associated with increased risk of severe mental distress" which was published in EBN, and is available online:

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(2) Urban-Global Public Health, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA

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(1) Staff Nurse in ICU; (2) Ward Sister, Community Hospital, elderly rehabilitation ward; (3) Paediatric Nurse, Southampton Children’s Hospital.

The first episode of this three-episode series: https://soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/long-covid-what-we-know-so-far-with-dr-elaine-maxwell?in=bmjpodcasts/sets/ebn-podcast&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/themedreview/living-with-covid19-second-review/

Read the commentary on the EBN website: https://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/09/ebnurs-2020-103257

Please read the related study: https://ebn.bmj.com/content/23/3/68