{"id":1313,"date":"2017-12-25T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2017-12-20T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T10:22:26","slug":"festive-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/2017\/12\/25\/festive-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Festive Greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jo Smith, Associate Editor EBN<\/p>\n

@EBNursingBMJ<\/p>\n

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\nWell it is Christmas day & all at Evidence Based Nursing (EBN) wish you a happy festive period. Many nurses will be providing essential care & support to people with health issues over the festive period, but hope that many you are all having a well-deserved break.<\/p>\n

This year, as in previous years, the challenges facing nursing & healthcare have often dominated the news, often focusing on the pressures of delivering care within global financial challenges, & reports of more nurses leaving than joining the profession. Less newsworthy, is the many thousands of nurses, across the globe, who make a difference to their patients\u2019 lives every day. Our weekly blog is a testament to the passion & diverse interests of nurses across the globe, with our guest bloggers raising a range of issues relevant to contemporary nursing practice, often responding quickly to current policy & health directives.<\/p>\n

Below are some of the highlights at ENB in 2017:<\/p>\n

Our Twitter Chat <\/strong>continues to provide a forum to debate nursing issues; successes have included a chat last January that focused on child & family-centre care, which generated over 2.2 million impressions & over 120 participants. The blog can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/<\/a> & a summary of the can be access via the Storify at https:\/\/storify.com\/josmith175\/loosing-the-child-s-voice-and-the-captive-mother-a<\/a><\/p>\n

We are looking forward to restarting our Twitter Chats in January 2018<\/strong>, beginning with<\/p>\n