Practice development
The utilisation of research is perhaps the most important part of the R&D process for nurses endeavouring to deliver evidence based practice. Practice development initiatives will be listed here, as well as information about user involvement, an area of growing importance in the research endeavour. Remember we have lots more information in the Practice Development section of our website.
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CRD - abstract of the week - 29 April 2013
Published: 02 May 2013
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is one of the largest groups in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. CRD undertakes systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. A selection of abstracts added to the CRD database this week includes cardiovascular risk factors and disease; lower sodium intake on health; falls prevention interventions; suicide; primary breast cancer; colposcopy-directed punch biopsies; hypertension; acute cholecystitis; CBT for depression in older people; smoking cessation; stroke prevention; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; statin use; myocardial protection during cardiac surgery; angioplasty; chronic depression and dysthymia; chronic medication; epilepsy.
Leadership Starts with Me
Published: 25 Apr 2013
Forming the first national strategy for leadership in the adult social care sector, these principles developed on behalf of the DH by the National Skills Academy for Social Care shows how it can be made to happen.
Building a European network for change
Published: 25 Apr 2013
An EU project is raising the bar on quality and patient safety by encouraging EU member states to share good practice to help countries develop patient safety programmes, with support for those that are less advanced.
Nurse awarded one of five Quality Improvement Fellowships by the Health Foundation
Published: 05 Apr 2013
Five senior healthcare leaders from across the UK were awarded the HF’s Quality Improvement Fellowship in March 2013. The fellows will spend a year in the USA at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where they will combine academic learning with the development of leadership skills and healthcare quality improvement techniques.
CRD - abstract of the week - 01 April 2013
Published: 04 Apr 2013
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is one of the largest groups in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. CRD undertakes systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. A selection of abstracts added to the CRD database this week includes depression; diagnostic errors; restless legs syndrome; pressure ulcers; promoting a culture of safety; reassurance after diagnostic testing; rhinoconjunctivitis; lumbar punctures and epidural catheterisations; bacterial meningitis; cancer outcomes; plantar fasciitis; coronary atherosclerosis; cancer-related pain; maternal exercise; Helicobacter pylori; chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting; benign prostatic hyperplasia; stage III-IV follicular lymphoma; surgical site infection.
CRD - abstract of the week - 04 March 2013
Published: 08 Mar 2013
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is one of the largest groups in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. CRD undertakes systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. A selection of abstracts added to the CRD database this week includes diagnostic testing; stroke; maternal exercise; adverse drug reaction reporting; anterior cruciate ligament rupture; emergency contraception; surgical site infection.
CRD - abstract of the week - 25 February 2013
Published: 28 Feb 2013
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is one of the largest groups in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. CRD undertakes systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. A selection of abstracts added to the CRD database this week includes acute volume resuscitation; non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes; carotid artery stenosis; COPD; hip or knee arthritis.
CRD - abstract of the week - 18 February 2013
Published: 25 Feb 2013
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is one of the largest groups in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. CRD undertakes systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. A selection of abstracts added to the CRD database this week includes folic acid supplements in cancer; sepsis; coronary artery disease: smoking cessation; telehealth in cystic fibrosis; melatonin in chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
CRD - abstract of the week - 11 February 2013
Published: 14 Feb 2013
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is one of the largest groups in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. CRD undertakes systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. A selection of abstracts added to the CRD database this week includes laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair; primary stoma formation; advanced non-small cell lung cancer; hypothermia; septic shock; bipolar depression.
CRD - abstract of the week - 4 February 2013
Published: 11 Feb 2013
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) is one of the largest groups in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. CRD undertakes systematic reviews evaluating the research evidence on health and public health questions of national and international importance. A selection of abstracts added to the CRD database this week includes renin-angiotensin system; thyroidectomy; emergency department shared decision-making; glucose control in critically ill patients; acute peptic ulcer bleeding; skin antisepsis; displaced femoral neck fractures.