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Brianna Cracco BSN ’19 Looks to the Future

June 5, 2018

Brianna Cracco BSN ’19 looks to a very special person for her inspiration for becoming a nurse: her mom. “Since…

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  • To the mum who needs to hear this right now and the professional ready to listen – there is always hope May 9, 2021
    As part of our series of blogs throughout May 2021 for maternal mental health awareness month, Leanne Howlett describes her experiences of perinatal mental health.   Before I had children I had a really naive understanding of mental illness and believed I was immune to it. Five years on I have learnt the hard way the […]
  • The Promotion of perinatal mental health by nurses in non-maternity settings May 2, 2021
    By Dr Catriona Jones. RM, PGCE, FHEA @CatrionaJones6  @EBNursingBMJ It is maternal mental health awareness week, a week dedicated to talking about mental illness during pregnancy and after childbirth. Any health care practitioner (HCP) can meet a woman in need of support and treatment for perinatal mental illness (PMI). It is important to take this […]
  • Celebrating World Immunisation Week: Why Vaccination Matters April 25, 2021
      Helen Sisson is a Lecturer in Public Health, in the Department of Midwifery and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of Hull. She is currently undertaking a PhD investigating timeliness of vaccination in preterm infants.  @hsisson1 April 24th – 30th 2021 marks World Immunisation Week1, and this year presents even more […]
  • ‘Being’ person-centred: a reflection from a personal and professional experience April 18, 2021
    In this week’s Evidence Based Nursing Blog, Andrew Cassidy (@mrandycassidy) brings his own personal lived experiences and professional thoughts from his years working in the NHS and other sectors on what being person-centred looks like.  I’ve worked in the healthcare for nearly fifteen years, in the NHS, the third sector, and for a social enterprise. […]
  • Giving the jab! Giving hope! April 11, 2021
    Roberta Heale @robertaheale I’m a nurse practitioner and still practice, but my primary role is as a professor at my local university. I teach NP and MScN students online, so when COVID hit, it didn’t have a huge impact on my professional life.  However, like everyone else, I spent a great deal time for over […]